The difference between Channel and Station

When used as nouns, channel means the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks, whereas station means the fact of standing still.

When used as verbs, channel means to make or cut a channel or groove in, whereas station means to put in place to perform a task.


check bellow for the other definitions of Channel and Station

  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. Station as a noun (obsolete):

    The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.

  2. Station as a noun (astronomy):

    The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

  3. Station as a noun (US):

    A stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation. A ground transportation depot. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. A gas station, service station.

    Examples:

    "The next station is Esperanza."

    "It's right across from the bus station."

    "From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor."

    "All ships are on station, Admiral."

  4. Station as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):

    A place where workers are stationed. An official building from which police or firefighters operate. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. A military base. A place used for broadcasting radio or television. A very large sheep or cattle farm.

    Examples:

    "The police station is opposite the fire station."

    "The waitress was at her station preparing three checks."

    " The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [[File:The station is part of a group of stations.ogg]]"

    "She had a boyfriend at the station."

    "I used to work at a radio station."

  5. Station as a noun:

    One of the Stations of the Cross.

  6. Station as a noun:

    The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

  7. Station as a noun:

    A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Addis & Arnold"

  8. Station as a noun:

    Standing; rank; position.

    Examples:

    "She had ambitions beyond her station."

  9. Station as a noun:

    A broadcasting entity.

    Examples:

    "I used to listen to that radio station."

  10. Station as a noun (Newfoundland):

    A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.

  11. Station as a noun (surveying):

    Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

  12. Station as a noun:

    The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.

  13. Station as a noun (mining):

    An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.

  14. Station as a noun:

    Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

  15. Station as a noun (medicine):

    The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.

  1. Station as a verb:

    To put in place to perform a task.

    Examples:

    "The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors."

  2. Station as a verb:

    To put in place to perform military duty.

    Examples:

    "They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out."