channel vs trough

trough vs channel

channel and trough both are nouns.

channel is a verb but trough is not a verb.

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

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

channel: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
trough: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

Other hyponyms of channel include gutter, limbers.

channel (noun)	trough (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors	a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through	a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
a television station and its programs	a long narrow shallow receptacle
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance	a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
a path over which electrical signals can pass	a treasury for government funds
(often plural) a means of communication or access	a concave shape with an open top
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)	trough (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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