trough vs channel

channel vs trough

trough and channel both are nouns.

trough is not a verb while channel is a verb.

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

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

trough: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
channel: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

trough (noun)	channel (noun)
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
a long narrow shallow receptacle	a television station and its programs
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
a treasury for government funds	a path over which electrical signals can pass
a concave shape with an open top	(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)

trough (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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