berth vs situation

berth

noun
  • A job or position, especially on a ship. 

  • A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. 

  • position on the field of play 

  • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.) 

  • Position or seed in a tournament bracket. 

  • A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc). 

  • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park. 

verb
  • To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock 

  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing 

  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to 

situation

noun
  • A position of employment; a post. 

  • The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. 

  • The place in which something is situated; a location. 

  • Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances. 

  • An outfit, garment, or look. 

  • A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem. 

  • An individual movie theater. 

  • The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings. 

How often have the words berth and situation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )