area vs site

area

noun
  • A particular geographic region. 

  • Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. 

  • An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings. 

  • The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept. 

  • Genitals. 

  • A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. 

  • Penalty box; penalty area. 

site

noun
  • The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position 

  • The posture or position of a thing. 

  • A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications. 

  • A part of the body which has been operated on. 

  • A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation 

  • A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology. 

  • Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place. 

  • A website. 

verb
  • To situate or place a building or construction project. 

How often have the words area and site occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )