embayment vs bight

embayment and bight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embayment	Yes	No	No	No
bight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bight is a hyponym of embayment; that is, bight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than embayment:

embayment: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
bight: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

Other hyponyms of embayment include Guantanamo Bay.

embayment (noun)	bight (noun)
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf	the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
	a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
	a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
	a loop in a rope

embayment (verb)	bight (verb)
	fasten with a bight