gastrointestinal tract vs channel

channel vs gastrointestinal tract

gastrointestinal tract and channel both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, channel is a hypernym of gastrointestinal tract; that is, channel 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
channel: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

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

gastrointestinal tract (noun)	channel (noun)
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination	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)

gastrointestinal tract (verb)	channel (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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