Cape Cod Canal vs canal

Cape Cod Canal and canal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cape Cod Canal	Yes	No	No	No
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No

Cape Cod Canal (noun)	canal (noun)
a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

Cape Cod Canal (verb)	canal (verb)
	provide (a city) with a canal