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cartilaginous tube vs canal

canal vs cartilaginous tube

cartilaginous tube and canal both are nouns.

cartilaginous tube is not a verb while canal is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cartilaginous tube Yes No No No
canal Yes No Yes No
As nouns, canal is a hypernym of cartilaginous tube; that is, canal is a word with a broader meaning than cartilaginous tube:
  • cartilaginous tube: a duct with cartilaginous walls
  • canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Other hypernyms of cartilaginous tube include channel, duct, epithelial duct.
cartilaginous tube (noun) canal (noun)
a duct with cartilaginous walls 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
cartilaginous tube (verb) canal (verb)
provide (a city) with a canal
Difference between cartilaginous tube and canal

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