canal vs duct

canal

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. 

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

  • To travel along a canal by boat 

duct

noun
  • a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another 

  • a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile 

  • a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air 

  • a layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path 

  • an enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors 

verb
  • to enclose in a duct 

  • to channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts 

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