pore vs canal

pore and canal both are nouns.

pore and canal both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pore	Yes	No	Yes	No
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pore: any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Other hypernyms of pore include channel, duct, epithelial duct.

pore (noun)	canal (noun)
any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)	(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

pore (verb)	canal (verb)
direct one's attention on something	provide (a city) with a canal

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