recess vs body of water

recess and body of water both are nouns.

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

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

recess: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Other hypernyms of recess include water.

recess (noun)	body of water (noun)
a pause from doing something (as work)	the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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