water vs recess

recess vs water

water and recess both are nouns.

water and recess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water	Yes	No	Yes	No
recess	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
recess: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

Other hyponyms of water include backwater, bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, ford, gulf, high sea, international waters, inlet, lake, briny, main, mid-water, ocean, offing, polynya, pool, puddle, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, stream, watercourse, territorial waters, falls, waterfall, waterway.

water (noun)	recess (noun)
a facility that provides a source of water	a pause from doing something (as work)
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants	an enclosure that is set back or indented
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent	a small concavity
liquid excretory product	a state of abeyance or suspended business
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm

water (verb)	recess (verb)
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva	close at the end of a session
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams	make a recess in
fill with tears	put into a recess
provide with water

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