body of water vs channel

channel vs body of water

body of water and channel both are nouns.

body of water is not a verb while channel is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
body of water	Yes	No	No	No
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
channel: a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

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

body of water (noun)	channel (noun)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
	a television station and its programs
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	a path over which electrical signals can pass
	(often plural) a means of communication or access
	a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

body of water (verb)	channel (verb)
	send from one person or place to another
	direct the flow of
	transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

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