thing vs body of water

body of water vs thing

thing and body of water both are nouns.

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

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

thing: a separate and self-contained entity
body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Other hyponyms of thing include content, depicted object, subject, water, inessential, nonessential, essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite, part, piece, reservoir, source, building block, unit, variable.

thing (noun)	body of water (noun)
a separate and self-contained entity	the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
an action
an artifact
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 thing and body of water

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