New York State Canal System vs canal

New York State Canal System and canal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
New York State Canal System	Yes	No	No	No
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No

New York State Canal System (noun)	canal (noun)
a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain	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

New York State Canal System (verb)	canal (verb)
	provide (a city) with a canal