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Bel vs Eel - What's the difference?

bel | eel |

As nouns the difference between bel and eel

is that bel is water while eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

As a verb eel is

to fish for eels.

bel

English

(wikipedia bel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel.

    • References

    * Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary English eponyms ----

    eel

    English

    (wikipedia eel) (Anguilliformes)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
  • The European eel, .

    • Derived terms

    * African eel * cutthroat eel * conger eel * duckbill eel * eelboat * eelbuck * eeler * eelfare * eelfish * eelgrass * eelish * eellike * eelpot * eelpout, eel-pout * eelskin * eelspear * eely * electric eel * European eel * glass eel * Japanese eel * moray eel * mud eel * sand eel * sawtooth eel * slippery as an eel * snake eel * snipe eel * spaghetti eel * thin eel * worm eel

    See also

    * elver

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for eels.
  • To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

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