vessel vs basin

vessel and basin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vessel	Yes	No	No	No
basin	Yes	No	No	No

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

vessel (noun)	basin (noun)
a craft designed for water transportation	a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)	a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
a tube in which a body fluid circulates	the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
	a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
	the quantity that a basin will hold