GI tract vs duct

duct vs GI tract

GI tract and duct both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
GI tract	Yes	No	No	No
duct	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, duct is a hypernym of GI tract; that is, duct is a word with a broader meaning than GI tract:

GI tract: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
duct: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Other hypernyms of GI tract include canal, channel, epithelial duct.

GI tract (noun)	duct (noun)
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination	an enclosed conduit for a fluid
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

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