channel vs keep

channel

verb
  • To direct or guide along a desired course. 

  • To follow as a model, especially in a performance. 

  • To make or cut a channel or groove in. 

  • To serve as a medium for. 

noun
  • A distribution channel 

  • The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. 

  • The navigable part of a river. 

  • A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. 

  • A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable. 

  • A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing. 

  • A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television. 

  • The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. 

  • A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content. 

  • A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city. 

  • A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths. 

  • The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up. 

  • A narrow body of water between two land masses. 

  • A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic. 

  • Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting. 

  • A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit. 

  • The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. 

  • The part that connects a data source to a data sink. 

  • A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C. 

  • A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement. 

  • The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head. 

  • A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else. 

  • The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor. 

keep

verb
  • To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. 

  • To supply with necessities and financially support (a person). 

  • To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret). 

  • To remain edible or otherwise usable. 

  • To remain in a state. 

  • To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate. 

  • To raise; to care for. 

  • To have habitually in stock for sale. 

  • To act as wicket-keeper. 

  • To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book. 

  • To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state. 

  • To restrain. 

  • To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage. 

  • To watch over, look after, guard, protect. 

  • To maintain possession of. 

  • To record transactions, accounts, or events in. 

  • To remain faithful to a given promise or word. 

  • To continue. 

noun
  • The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case. 

  • A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place. 

  • The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance. 

  • The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. 

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