canal vs sinus

canal and sinus both are nouns.

canal is a verb but sinus is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No
sinus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sinus is a hyponym of canal; that is, sinus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than canal:

canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
sinus: a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel

Other hyponyms of canal include pore, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, ductule, ductulus, canaliculus, canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, venous sinus, lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, tear duct, nasolacrimal duct, Haversian canal, hepatic duct, canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal, bile duct, common bile duct, pancreatic duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, salivary duct, aqueductus cerebri, cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, ureter, urethra, canalis cervicis uteri, cervical canal, umbilical, umbilical cord, vagina, epididymis, ductus deferens, vas deferens, seminal duct, ejaculatory duct, cartilaginous tube, bronchiole, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, lactiferous duct.

canal (noun)	sinus (noun)
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation	a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance	any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion	an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

canal (verb)	sinus (verb)
provide (a city) with a canal

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