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Canal vs Marsh - What's the difference?

canal | marsh |

As a noun canal

is canal.

As a proper noun marsh is

for someone living by a (marsh).

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.}} ----

    marsh

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

    • Coordinate terms

    * bog * moor * swamp

    Derived terms

    * marsh deer

    See also

    * marshmallow * slack

    References

    * Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press) . Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. . Online version here

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