channel vs alimentary canal

alimentary canal vs channel

channel and alimentary canal both are nouns.

channel is a verb but alimentary canal is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No
alimentary canal	Yes	No	No	No

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

channel: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
alimentary canal: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

Other hyponyms of channel include pore, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, ductule, ductulus, canaliculus, canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, sinus, 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 tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, lactiferous duct.

channel (noun)	alimentary canal (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors	tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
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)

channel (verb)	alimentary canal (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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