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channel vs washout

washout vs channel

channel and washout both are nouns.

channel is a verb but washout is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
channel Yes No Yes No
washout Yes No No No
As nouns, washout is a hyponym of channel; that is, washout is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than channel:
  • channel: 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)
  • washout: the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
Other hyponyms of channel include dado, flute, fluting, quirk, rabbet, rebate, track, rut, stria, striation.
channel (noun) washout (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors someone who is unsuccessful
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
a television station and its programs the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
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) washout (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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