situation vs place

situation and place both are nouns.

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

As nouns, situation and place are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of situation include berth, office, position, post.

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

Other hypernyms of situation include position.

As nouns, place is a hyponym of situation; that is, place is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than situation:

Other hyponyms of situation include shoes, poverty trap, soup, stymie, stymy, clusterfuck.

situation (noun)	place (noun)
a job in an organization	a job in an organization
physical position in relation to the surroundings	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time	an abstract mental location
a condition or position in which you find yourself	the passage that is being read
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty	a blank area
	an item on a list or in a sequence
	a point located with respect to surface features of some region
	a general vicinity
	a public square with room for pedestrians
	a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
	any area set aside for a particular purpose
	the particular portion of space occupied by something
	where you live at a particular time
	proper or designated social situation
	a particular situation
	proper or appropriate position or location

situation (verb)	place (verb)
	recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
	assign a rank or rating to
	take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
	estimate
	sing a note with the correct pitch
	to arrange for
	assign to a station
	finish second or better in a horse or dog race
	intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	locate
	assign a location to
	make an investment
	assign to (a job or a home)
	place somebody in a particular situation or location
	identify the location or place of