loch vs recess

loch and recess both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loch	Yes	No	No	No
recess	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, recess is a hypernym of loch; that is, recess is a word with a broader meaning than loch:

loch: a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
recess: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

Other hypernyms of loch include inlet.

loch (noun)	recess (noun)
Scottish word for a lake	a pause from doing something (as work)
a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)	an enclosure that is set back or indented
	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
	a small concavity
	a state of abeyance or suspended business