canal vs furrow

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. 

furrow

verb
  • To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.). 

  • To wrinkle. 

  • To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc. 

noun
  • A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop. 

  • Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal. 

  • A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead. 

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