close quarters vs situation

close quarters and situation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
close quarters	Yes	No	No	No
situation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, situation is a hypernym of close quarters; that is, situation is a word with a broader meaning than close quarters:

close quarters: a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
situation: physical position in relation to the surroundings

Other hypernyms of close quarters include site.

close quarters (noun)	situation (noun)
a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something	a job in an organization
	physical position in relation to the surroundings
	the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
	a condition or position in which you find yourself
	a complex or critical or unusual difficulty