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passage vs canal

canal vs passage

passage and canal both are nouns.

passage is not a verb while canal is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
passage Yes No No No
canal Yes No Yes No
As nouns, canal is a hyponym of passage; that is, canal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than passage:
  • passage: a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
  • canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Other hyponyms of passage include birth canal, meatus, opening, orifice, porta, channel, duct, epithelial duct, sinusoid, carpal tunnel, root canal, esophagus, gorge, gullet, oesophagus, epicardia, fauces, fistula, sinus, shunt.
passage (noun) canal (noun)
a journey usually by ship long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
the passing of a law by a legislative body a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
the act of passing something to another person (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
a way through or along which someone or something may pass
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
a short section of a musical composition
the motion of one object relative to another
passage (verb) canal (verb)
provide (a city) with a canal
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