goldfish bowl vs situation

goldfish bowl and situation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
goldfish bowl	Yes	No	No	No
situation	Yes	No	No	No

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

goldfish bowl: 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 goldfish bowl include state of affairs.

goldfish bowl (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