gastrointestinal tract vs canal

canal vs gastrointestinal tract

gastrointestinal tract and canal both are nouns.

gastrointestinal tract is not a verb while canal is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gastrointestinal tract	Yes	No	No	No
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, canal is a hypernym of gastrointestinal tract; that is, canal is a word with a broader meaning than gastrointestinal tract:

gastrointestinal tract: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Other hypernyms of gastrointestinal tract include channel, duct, epithelial duct.

gastrointestinal tract (noun)	canal (noun)
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

gastrointestinal tract (verb)	canal (verb)
	provide (a city) with a canal

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