Region
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union. Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. Place; rank; station; dignity. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Example sentence: Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from those from the get-go.
Area
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A measure of the extent of a planar region, or of the surface of a solid; it is measured in square unitsA particular geographic region.Any particular extent of surface.Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement
Example sentence: I feel as though, if you're able to control your dreams, you have more power and control over your mind, like you could reach more areas of your mind. Therefore, I feel like it creates the ability for you to achieve more things in reality.