liman vs lagoon

liman and lagoon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liman	Yes	No	No	No
lagoon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lagoon is a hypernym of liman; that is, lagoon is a word with a broader meaning than liman:

liman: a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river
lagoon: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

Other hypernyms of liman include laguna, lagune.

liman (noun)	lagoon (noun)
a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river	a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral