quicksand vs situation

quicksand and situation both are nouns.

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

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

quicksand (noun)	situation (noun)
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down	a job in an organization
a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy	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