Moat vs Canal - What's the difference?
moat | canal |
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.
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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As nouns the difference between moat and canal
is that moat is a deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation while canal is an artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another.As a verb canal is
to dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage.moat
English
(wikipedia moat)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* fosseSee also
* cunetteAnagrams
* * * * * ----canal
English
(wikipedia canal)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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