Area and Distance

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Area noun - A part or portion having no fixed boundaries.

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Distance is a synonym for area in extent topic. In some cases you can use "Distance" instead a noun "Area", when it comes to topics like range, size.

Distance noun - The space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects.

Usage example: the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles

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Area is a synonym for distance in range topic. Sometimes you can use "Area" instead a noun "Distance", if it concerns topics such as interval, size.

high	high area	high distance
full	full area	full distance
safe	safe area	safe distance
exact	exact area	exact distance
Other adjectives: similar, specific, right, certain, small, entire, massive, large, big, huge, wrong, limited, greater, different, wide.

And since Thrawn wants to capture Luke alive, he's left to put out reward money to anybody willing to search the area and hope they get lucky; while hyperdrive makes traveling the distance of a light year downright trivial, thoroughly searching an area of such size is impossible.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance
Australia had become a world power due to its isolation and distance from the initial release area limiting the effect of the virus on its population.

Source: Gendercide
In the first Return Fire game you could pilot the helicopter off the main play area (always an island) and away in the distance.

Source: Invisible Wall

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