body of water vs territorial waters

territorial waters vs body of water

body of water and territorial waters both are nouns.

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

As nouns, territorial waters is a hyponym of body of water; that is, territorial 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)
territorial waters: the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction

Other hyponyms of body of water include backwater, bay, embayment, 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, falls, waterfall, waterway.

body of water (noun)	territorial waters (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction

Difference between body of water and territorial waters

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