Confusing Words

Channel vs. Canal

Hi guys❗ I'm sure that you have ever heard these words, which sometimes are confused.

Do you know what the difference between them is❓ If you don't know it, read the following ❷ conversations and try to guess. Good luck 🍀❗

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Roger: Do you have any plan for next holidays❓

Sonja: Well, I'm travelling to Panama. I've booked for a tour along the Panama Canal.

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Robin: How was your holiday❓
James: Well, I was in a day-trip in the Channel.

Did you guess the difference between these nouns❓ Well; if you are 😕, don´t 😟 don´t 😢. Let´s see their uses 😉.

Channel
This word has different meanings.
Channel can mean a 📺 station and all the programmes that it broadcasts.

      I just watch a sport channel.

                            ↳ a (sport) channel
Also, we say this noun to refer to a method used for sending and obtaining information, or distributing things.

     Opening channels of communication with it is very important.
                          ↳ channels of communication

Additionally, 👨👩 use the word channel to name a narrow area of water joining two larger areas of water such as two seas
     I was in a day-trip across the Channel.
                                                    ↳ the Channel
*The (English) Channel is a channel that separates England from France.

Canal

A canal is an artificial lake or river made for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another.
     I've booked for a tour along the Panama Canal
                                                         ↳ the Panama Canal
*The Panama Canal is a canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

Remember❗

When you are talking about a television station, you say channel.
Another meaning of channel is a way of communicating information or distribution of products.

A narrow area of water that connects two larger ones is named a channel, while an artificial area of water used for carrying water to another place or for boats to travel along is a canal.

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