lens vs channel

channel vs lens

lens and channel both are nouns.

lens is not a verb while channel is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lens	Yes	No	No	No
channel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, channel is a hypernym of lens; that is, channel is a word with a broader meaning than lens:

lens: (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
channel: (often plural) a means of communication or access

Other hypernyms of lens include communication channel, line.

lens (noun)	channel (noun)
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina	a television station and its programs
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood	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)

lens (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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