Course
Course noun - An open man-made passageway for water.
Usage example: the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal
Channel is a synonym for course in route topic. In some cases you can use "Channel" instead a noun "Course", when it comes to topics like nature, passage, artificial waterway.
Channel
Channel noun - An open man-made passageway for water.
Usage example: water was drained from the swamp through a specially constructed channel
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Synonyms for Channel
Course is a synonym for channel in means topic. You can use "Course" instead a noun "Channel", if it concerns topics such as route, artificial waterway, pathway.
How words are described
| particular | particular course | particular channel |
| similar | similar course | similar channel |
| normal | normal course | normal channel |
| short | short course | short channel |
| Other adjectives: right, regular, certain, current, original, single, actual, entire, main, personal, new, major, general, alternate, basic, different, local. | ||
Common collocations
| mind | course mind | channel mind |
| electricity | course electricity | channel electricity |
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