straits vs situation

straits and situation both are nouns.

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

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

straits (noun)	situation (noun)
a difficult juncture	a job in an organization
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs	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