strait vs channel

channel vs strait

strait and channel both are nouns.

strait is an adjective but channel is not an adjective.

strait is not a verb while channel is a verb.

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

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

strait: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
channel: 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

strait (noun)	channel (noun)
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs	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)

strait (adjective)	channel (adjective)
narrow

strait (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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