channel vs gastrointestinal tract

gastrointestinal tract vs channel

channel and gastrointestinal tract both are nouns.

channel is a verb but gastrointestinal tract is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No
gastrointestinal tract	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gastrointestinal tract is a hyponym of channel; that is, gastrointestinal tract 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
gastrointestinal tract: 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 canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, GI tract, lactiferous duct.

channel (noun)	gastrointestinal tract (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)	gastrointestinal tract (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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