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

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Channel as a noun:

    The navigable part of a river.

    Examples:

    "We were careful to keep our boat in the channel."

  4. Channel as a noun:

    A narrow body of water between two land masses.

    Examples:

    "The English Channel lies between France and England."

  5. Channel as a noun:

    That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.

    Examples:

    "The news was conveyed to us by different channels."

  6. Channel as a noun:

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

  7. 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."

  8. Channel as a noun (electronics):

    The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

  9. Channel as a noun (communication):

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

    Examples:

    "A channel stretches between them."

  10. 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."

  11. 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."

  12. 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."

  13. 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."

  14. 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."

  15. 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."

  16. 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."

  17. Channel as a noun (business, marketing):

    A distribution channel

  18. 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.

  19. Channel as a noun (Internet):

    An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.

  20. Channel as a noun:

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

  1. Channel as a verb (transitive):

    To make or cut a channel or groove in.

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  1. 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.

  1. Side as a noun:

    A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

    Examples:

    "A square has four sides."

  2. Side as a noun:

    A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

    Examples:

    "A cube has six sides."

  3. 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."

  4. Side as a noun:

    A region in a specified position with respect to something.

    Examples:

    "Meet me on the north side of the monument."

  5. 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."

  6. 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!"

  7. Side as a noun:

    One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

    Examples:

    "Look on the bright side."

  8. Side as a noun:

    One set of competitors in a game.

    Examples:

    "Which side has kick-off?"

  9. Side as a noun (UK, Australia, Ireland):

    A sports team.

  10. 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."

  11. Side as a noun (music):

    A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

  12. 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."

  13. 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."

  14. 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?"

  15. 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"

  16. Side as a noun (baseball):

    The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher

  17. Side as a noun (slang, dated):

    An unjustified air of self-importance.

  1. 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?"

  2. Side as a verb:

    To lean on one side.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  3. Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

  4. Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To suit; to pair; to match.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Clarendon"

  5. Side as a verb (transitive, shipbuilding):

    To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

  6. Side as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with a siding.

    Examples:

    "to side a house"

  7. Side as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

  1. Side as an adjective:

    Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

  2. Side as an adjective:

    Indirect; oblique; incidental.

    Examples:

    "a side issue; a side view or remark"

  3. Side as an adjective (UK, _, archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

  4. Side as an adjective (Scotland):

    Far; distant.

  1. Side as an adverb (UK, _, dialectal):

    Widely; wide; far.