canalisation vs canal

canalisation and canal both are nouns.

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

canalisation (noun)	canal (noun)
the production of a canal or a conversion to canals	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
management through specified channels of communication	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

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