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Angler vs Creel - What's the difference?

angler | creel |

As nouns the difference between angler and creel

is that angler is a person who fishes with a hook and line while creel is (fishing) an osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.

angler

English

(wikipedia angler) (angling) (Lophius piscatorius)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who fishes with a hook and line.
  • A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.
  • An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius .
  • The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.
  • Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
  • ''Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.
  • A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * (person who fishes with hook and line) fisher, fisherman * (angler fish) anglerfish, frogfish * (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive) conniver, grifter, schemer, swindler

    References

    * * 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue , available from Project Gutenberg [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5402]

    Anagrams

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    creel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fishing) An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.
  • *1897 , William Henley, In Fisherrow :
  • *:Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh,
  • *:Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers
  • A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
  • Derived terms

    * creeler