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channel vs strait

strait vs channel

channel and strait both are nouns.

channel is not an adjective while strait is an adjective.

channel is a verb but strait is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
channel Yes No Yes No
strait Yes Yes No No
As nouns, strait is a hyponym of channel; that is, strait is a word with a more specific, narrower 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
  • strait: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Other hyponyms of channel include canal, gut, rill, sound, tideway, watercourse.
channel (noun) strait (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
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 (adjective) strait (adjective)
narrow
channel (verb) strait (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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