duct vs sinus

duct and sinus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
duct	Yes	No	No	No
sinus	Yes	No	No	No

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

duct: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
sinus: a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel

Other hyponyms of duct include pore, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, ductule, ductulus, canaliculus, canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, venous sinus, lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, tear duct, nasolacrimal duct, Haversian canal, hepatic duct, canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal, bile duct, common bile duct, pancreatic duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, salivary duct, aqueductus cerebri, cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, ureter, urethra, canalis cervicis uteri, cervical canal, umbilical, umbilical cord, vagina, epididymis, ductus deferens, vas deferens, seminal duct, ejaculatory duct, cartilaginous tube, bronchiole, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, lactiferous duct.

duct (noun)	sinus (noun)
an enclosed conduit for a fluid	a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance	any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls	an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

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