channel vs steer

steer vs channel

channel and steer both are nouns.

channel and steer both are verbs.

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

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

channel: direct the flow of
steer: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

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

channel (noun)	steer (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors	castrated bull
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through	an indication of potential opportunity
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)	steer (verb)
send from one person or place to another	direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
direct the flow of	direct (oneself) somewhere
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission	be a guiding or motivating force or drive

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