contact vs channel
channel vs contactcontact and channel both are nouns.
contact and channel both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| contact | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| channel | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
channel is a hypernym of
contact; that is, channel is a
word with a broader meaning than contact:
- contact: a channel for communication between groups
- channel: (often plural) a means of communication or access
Other hypernyms of contact include
communication channel, line.
| contact (noun) | channel (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of touching physically | a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors |
| close interaction | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through |
| (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | a television station and its programs |
| a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance |
| a channel for communication between groups | a path over which electrical signals can pass |
| a communicative interaction | (often plural) a means of communication or access |
| the physical coming together of two or more things | 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 person who is in a position to give you special assistance | 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) |
| the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity |
| contact (verb) | channel (verb) |
|---|---|
| be in or establish communication with | send from one person or place to another |
| be in direct physical contact with; make contact | direct the flow of |
| transmit or serve as the medium for transmission |
Words related to "contact"
- abut
- adhere
- adjoin
- attach
- border
- breaker point
- brush
- butt
- butt against
- butt on
- chafe
- channel
- cleave
- cling
- cohere
- collision
- communicate
- communicating
- communication
- communication channel
- conjunction
- connectedness
- connection
- contact arm
- contact lens
- converge
- cover
- distributor point
- drop a line
- edge
- electrical contact
- electronics
- engagement
- environ
- eye contact
- fair ball
- flick
- fray
- fret
- get hold of
- get through
- happening
- hit
- hug
- impact
- impinging
- inter-group communication
- interaction
- intercommunicate
- interlocking
- junction
- laying on
- lean against
- lean on
- lens
- lens system
- lense
- liaison
- line
- link
- march
- meet
- mesh
- meshing
- middleman
- natural event
- occurrence
- occurrent
- osculation
- p-n junction
- physical contact
- ping
- placement
- point
- pole
- raise
- reach
- representative
- rest on
- ring
- rub
- scratch
- short
- short circuit
- skirt
- snick
- sound bow
- spread over
- stick
- striking
- surround
- tangency
- terminal
- touch
- touching
- tread
- wipe
- wiper
- wiper arm
- write
Words related to "channel"
- English Channel
- GI tract
- Hampton Roads
- Harlem River
- Haversian canal
- Mozambique Channel
- Schlemm's canal
- Sylvian aqueduct
- TV channel
- TV station
- Windward Passage
- alimentary canal
- alimentary tract
- ampulla
- aqueductus cerebri
- back channel
- bile duct
- body of water
- bring
- bring in
- bronchiole
- canal
- canal of Schlemm
- canaliculus
- canalis cervicis uteri
- canalis inguinalis
- canalis vertebralis
- carry
- cartilaginous tube
- cerebral aqueduct
- cervical canal
- channelisation
- channelise
- channelization
- channelize
- common bile duct
- communicating
- communication
- communication channel
- conduct
- contact
- convey
- dado
- depression
- digestive tract
- digestive tube
- direct
- displace
- distribution channel
- duct
- ductule
- ductulus
- ductus deferens
- ejaculatory duct
- epididymis
- epithelial duct
- express
- fetch
- flute
- fluting
- gastrointestinal tract
- get
- groove
- guide
- gut
- gutter
- head
- hepatic duct
- impart
- impression
- imprint
- inguinal canal
- inter-group communication
- lachrymal duct
- lacrimal duct
- lactiferous duct
- lens
- liaison
- limbers
- line
- line of gab
- link
- lymph vessel
- lymphatic vessel
- maneuver
- manoeuver
- manoeuvre
- marketing
- move
- nasolacrimal duct
- pancreatic duct
- passage
- passageway
- patter
- pipe in
- plural
- plural form
- point
- pore
- project
- propagate
- quirk
- rabbet
- rebate
- release
- retransmit
- rill
- river
- rut
- salivary duct
- seminal duct
- send
- send out
- sinus
- sinus venosus sclerae
- sound
- spiel
- spinal canal
- steer
- strait
- stria
- striation
- take
- tear duct
- television channel
- television station
- tideway
- track
- transfer
- translate
- transmission
- transmission channel
- transmit
- transport
- trough
- turn
- umbilical
- umbilical cord
- ureter
- urethra
- vagina
- vas deferens
- venous sinus
- vertebral canal
- wash up
- washout
- water
- watercourse
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