body of water vs crossing

crossing vs body of water

body of water and crossing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
body of water	Yes	No	No	No
crossing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crossing is a hyponym of body of water; that is, crossing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than body of water:

body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
crossing: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Other hyponyms of body of water include backwater, bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, ford, gulf, high sea, international waters, inlet, recess, lake, briny, main, mid-water, ocean, offing, polynya, pool, puddle, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, stream, watercourse, territorial waters, falls, waterfall, waterway.

body of water (noun)	crossing (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
	traveling across
	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
	a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
	a junction where one street or road crosses another
	a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
	a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Difference between body of water and crossing

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