watercourse vs channel

channel vs watercourse

watercourse and channel both are nouns.

watercourse is not a verb while channel is a verb.

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

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

watercourse: natural or artificial channel through which water flows
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

watercourse (noun)	channel (noun)
a conduit through which water flows	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
natural or artificial channel through which water flows	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)

watercourse (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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