situation vs thing

thing vs situation

situation and thing both are nouns.

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

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

situation: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
thing: a special situation

Other hyponyms of situation include absurd, the absurd, acceptance, ballgame, new ballgame, challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element, environment, equilibrium, exclusion, fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl, hotbed, inclusion, intestacy, picture, scene, prison, prison house, rejection, size, size of it, square one, status quo.

situation (noun)	thing (noun)
a job in an organization	a separate and self-contained entity
physical position in relation to the surroundings	an action
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time	an artifact
a condition or position in which you find yourself	an entity that is not named specifically
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty	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 situation and thing

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