urethra vs canal

canal vs urethra

urethra and canal both are nouns.

urethra is not a verb while canal is a verb.

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

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

urethra: duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
canal: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

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

urethra (noun)	canal (noun)
duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

urethra (verb)	canal (verb)
	provide (a city) with a canal

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