reservoir vs thing

thing vs reservoir

reservoir and thing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reservoir	Yes	No	No	No
thing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, thing is a hypernym of reservoir; that is, thing is a word with a broader meaning than reservoir:

reservoir: anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
thing: a separate and self-contained entity

reservoir (noun)	thing (noun)
tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)	a separate and self-contained entity
lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water	an action
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies	an artifact
a large or extra supply of something	an entity that is not named specifically
	any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
	a special abstraction
	a special objective
	a vaguely specified concern
	a statement regarded as an object
	an event
	a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
	a special situation

Difference between reservoir and thing

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