pore vs channel

channel vs pore

pore and channel both are nouns.

pore and channel both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

pore (noun)	channel (noun)
any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)	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)

pore (verb)	channel (verb)
direct one's attention on something	send from one person or place to another
	direct the flow of
	transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

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