channel vs body of water

body of water vs channel

channel and body of water both are nouns.

channel is a verb but body of water is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No
body of water	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, body of water is a hypernym of channel; that is, body of water is a word with a broader meaning than channel:

channel: 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
body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Other hypernyms of channel include water.

channel (noun)	body of water (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors	the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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)	body of water (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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