passageway vs channel

channel vs passageway

passageway and channel both are nouns.

passageway is not a verb while channel is a verb.

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

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

passageway: a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
channel: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Other hyponyms of passageway include birth canal, meatus, opening, orifice, porta, canal, duct, epithelial duct, sinusoid, carpal tunnel, root canal, esophagus, gorge, gullet, oesophagus, epicardia, fauces, fistula, sinus, shunt.

passageway (noun)	channel (noun)
a passage between rooms or between buildings	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass	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)

passageway (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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