Canal vs Fanal - What's the difference?
canal | fanal |
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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A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
* 1811 , Wilhelm Müller, The elements of the science of war (page 487)
As nouns the difference between canal and fanal
is that canal is an artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another while fanal is a lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.As a verb canal
is to dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage.canal
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(wikipedia canal)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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fanal
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Noun
(en noun)- In order to assemble our full force in due time, fanals should be erected and kindled in such a manner as to direct the movements of the troops to any point according to an order.