body of water vs waterfall

waterfall vs body of water

body of water and waterfall both are nouns.

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

As nouns, waterfall is a hyponym of body of water; that is, waterfall 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)
waterfall: a steep descent of the water of a river

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, territorial waters, falls, waterway.

body of water (noun)	waterfall (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	a steep descent of the water of a river

Difference between body of water and waterfall

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