body of water vs embayment

embayment vs body of water

body of water and embayment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, embayment is a hyponym of body of water; that is, embayment 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)
embayment: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Other hyponyms of body of water include backwater, bay, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, 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)	embayment (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Difference between body of water and embayment

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