ford vs body of water

ford and body of water both are nouns.

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

As nouns, body of water is a hypernym of ford; that is, body of water is a word with a broader meaning than ford:

ford: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Other hypernyms of ford include water.

ford (noun)	body of water (noun)
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse	the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

ford (verb)	body of water (verb)
cross a river where it's shallow