body of water vs international waters

international waters vs body of water

body of water and international waters both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
body of water	Yes	No	No	No
international waters	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, international waters is a hyponym of body of water; that is, international waters 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)
international waters: the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

Other hyponyms of body of water include backwater, bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, ford, gulf, high sea, 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)	international waters (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

Difference between body of water and international waters

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