neighborhood vs region

neighborhood

noun
  • The inhabitants of a residential area. 

  • The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex. 

  • The residential area near one's home. 

  • A formal or informal division of a municipality or region. 

  • A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point. 

  • The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point. 

  • An approximate amount. 

  • The quality of physical proximity. 

  • A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. 

  • Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point. 

  • Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point. 

region

noun
  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • 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. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • 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. 

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