fishbowl vs situation

fishbowl and situation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fishbowl	Yes	No	No	No
situation	Yes	No	No	No

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

fishbowl: a state of affairs in which you have no privacy
situation: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

Other hypernyms of fishbowl include state of affairs.

fishbowl (noun)	situation (noun)
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept	a job in an organization
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy	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