channel vs channelize

channel is a noun but channelize is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No
channelize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, channel and channelize are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of channel include channelise, transfer, transmit, transport.

As verbs, channelize is a hypernym of channel; that is, channelize is a word with a broader meaning than channel:

Other hypernyms of channel include channelise, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer.

channel (noun)	channelize (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
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)	channelize (verb)
send from one person or place to another	send from one person or place to another
direct the flow of	cause to form a channel
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission	make a channel for; provide with a channel
	direct the course; determine the direction of travelling