channel vs propagate

channel is a noun but propagate is not a noun.

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

As verbs, propagate is a hyponym of channel; that is, propagate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than channel:

Other hyponyms of channel include bring, convey, fetch, get, project, translate, release, turn, send, send out.

channel (noun)	propagate (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)	propagate (verb)
send from one person or place to another	multiply sexually or asexually
direct the flow of	cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission	cause to become widely known
	transmit
	transmit or cause to broaden or spread
	become distributed or widespread
	travel through the air
	transmit from one generation to the next