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Canal vs Channels - What's the difference?

canal | channels |

As nouns the difference between canal and channels

is that canal is an artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another while channels is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between canal and channels

is that canal is to dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage while channels is third-person singular of channel.

canal

English

(wikipedia canal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another
  • A tubular channel within the body.

    • Related terms

    * channel * channelization * channelize * canalization * canalize

    Verb

  • 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 citation
    • , 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.}} ----

    channels

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly) Formal lines of command and procedure.
    • I'd love to be able to help you, but you'll have put that request through channels .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (channel)