Section
Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.
Usage example: several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts
Zone is a synonym for section in division topic. In some cases you can use "Zone" instead the word "Section" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like district.
Zone
Zone noun - A part or portion having no fixed boundaries.
Usage example: at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches
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Section is a synonym for zone in area topic. You can use "Section" instead the word "Zone" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as place, region, district.
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- The third part of the quest takes place in the Quarantine Zone, maybe the toughest section of the game.
Source: That One Sidequest -
Mushrooms also appear near the entrance to Tourian in Zero Mission, which is in a section of Brinstar similar to Super's "green" zone, but otherwise still rocky.
Source: Franchise / Metroid -
The Venture Star in Avatar has a centrifuge section; the only scene aboard it, though, takes place in a free fall zone.
Source: Centrifugal Gravity
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