fennel

As nouns the difference between funnel and fennel

is that funnel is a utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc into a close vessel; a tunnel while fennel is a plant, foeniculum vulgare , of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

As a verb funnel

is to use a funnel.