The difference between Channel and Side
When used as nouns, channel means the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks, whereas side means a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
When used as verbs, channel means to make or cut a channel or groove in, whereas side means to ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
Side is also adverb with the meaning: widely.
Side is also adjective with the meaning: being on the left or right, or toward the left or right.
check bellow for the other definitions of Channel and Side
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Channel as a noun:
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
Examples:
"The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel."
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Channel as a noun:
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
Examples:
"A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city."
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Channel as a noun:
The navigable part of a river.
Examples:
"We were careful to keep our boat in the channel."
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Channel as a noun:
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
Examples:
"The English Channel lies between France and England."
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Channel as a noun:
That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
Examples:
"The news was conveyed to us by different channels."
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Channel as a noun:
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
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Channel as a noun (electronics):
A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
Examples:
"The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree."
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Channel as a noun (electronics):
The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
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Channel as a noun (communication):
The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
Examples:
"A channel stretches between them."
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Channel as a noun (communication):
A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
Examples:
"We are using one of the 24 channels."
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Channel as a noun (communication):
A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
Examples:
"The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs."
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Channel as a noun (communication):
A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
Examples:
"Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line."
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Channel as a noun (broadcasting):
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
Examples:
"KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle."
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Channel as a noun (broadcasting):
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
Examples:
"NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose."
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Channel as a noun (storage):
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.
Examples:
"This chip in this disk drive is the channel device."
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Channel as a noun (technic):
The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
Examples:
"The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel."
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Channel as a noun (business, marketing):
A distribution channel
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Channel as a noun (Internet):
A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
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Channel as a noun (Internet):
An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
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Channel as a noun:
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
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Channel as a verb (transitive):
To make or cut a channel or groove in.
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Channel as a verb (transitive):
To direct or guide along a desired course.
Examples:
"We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones."
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Channel as a verb (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person):
To serve as a medium for.
Examples:
"She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth."
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Channel as a verb (transitive):
To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
Examples:
"He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it."
"When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles."
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Channel as a noun (nautical):
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.
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Side as a noun:
A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
Examples:
"A square has four sides."
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Side as a noun:
A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
Examples:
"A cube has six sides."
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Side as a noun:
One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
Examples:
"Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  nowrap The patient was bleeding on the right side."
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Side as a noun:
A region in a specified position with respect to something.
Examples:
"Meet me on the north side of the monument."
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Side as a noun:
The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
Examples:
"I generally sleep on my side."
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Side as a noun:
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
Examples:
"John wrote 15 sides for his essay!"
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Side as a noun:
One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
Examples:
"Look on the bright side."
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Side as a noun:
One set of competitors in a game.
Examples:
"Which side has kick-off?"
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Side as a noun (UK, Australia, Ireland):
A sports team.
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Side as a noun:
A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
Examples:
"In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans."
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Side as a noun (music):
A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
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Side as a noun (sports, billiards, snooker, pool):
Sidespin; english
Examples:
"He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball."
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Side as a noun (British, Australia, Ireland, dated):
A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched .
Examples:
"I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight."
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Side as a noun (US, colloquial):
A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
Examples:
"Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?"
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Side as a noun:
A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
Examples:
"his mother's side of the family"
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Side as a noun (baseball):
The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher
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Side as a noun (slang, dated):
An unjustified air of self-importance.
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Side as a verb (intransitive):
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
Examples:
"Which will you side with, good or evil?"
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Side as a verb:
To lean on one side.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
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Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To suit; to pair; to match.
Examples:
"rfquotek Clarendon"
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Side as a verb (transitive, shipbuilding):
To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
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Side as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with a siding.
Examples:
"to side a house"
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Side as a verb (transitive, cooking):
To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
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Side as an adjective:
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
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Side as an adjective:
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
Examples:
"a side issue; a side view or remark"
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Side as an adjective (UK, _, archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
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Side as an adjective (Scotland):
Far; distant.
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Side as an adverb (UK, _, dialectal):
Widely; wide; far.