canal vs Erie Canal

canal and Erie Canal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No
Erie Canal	Yes	No	No	No

canal (noun)	Erie Canal (noun)
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation	an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal
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

canal (verb)	Erie Canal (verb)
provide (a city) with a canal