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direct vs channel

channel vs direct

direct is not a noun while channel is a noun.

direct is an adjective but channel is not an adjective.

direct and channel both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but channel is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
direct No Yes Yes Yes
channel Yes No Yes No
As verbs, channel is a hyponym of direct; that is, channel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than direct:
  • direct: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • channel: direct the flow of
Other hyponyms of direct include dock, sheer, pull over, helm, crab, navigate, stand out, starboard, conn, navigate, pilot, corner, tree, park.
direct (noun) channel (noun)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
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)
direct (adjective) channel (adjective)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
being an immediate result or consequence
direct (verb) channel (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking) send from one person or place to another
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public direct the flow of
command with authority transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
put an address on (an envelope)
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
guide the actors in (plays and films)
lead, as in the performance of a composition
take somebody somewhere
cause to go somewhere
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
govern or manage
direct (adverb) channel (adverb)
without deviation
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