Canal vs Beach - What's the difference?
canal | beach |
An artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another
A tubular channel within the body.
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
* {{quote-book, year=1968, title=Proceedings, author=Louisiana State University, page=165
, passage= In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded. }}
To travel along a canal by boat
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=William Yoast Morgan, title=A Journey of a Jayhawker, page=211, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=vTELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211
, passage=Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.}}
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The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
* , chapter=1
, title= (rft-sense) A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
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The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
To run (something) aground on a beach.
As a noun canal
is canal.As a proper noun beach is
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(wikipedia canal)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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beach
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(wikipedia beach)Noun
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