canal vs culvert

canal

verb
  • To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage 

  • To travel along a canal by boat 

noun
  • A tubular channel within the body. 

  • An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. 

  • One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. 

culvert

verb
  • To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert. 

noun
  • A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water. 

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