Colic vs Flounder - What's the difference?
colic | flounder |
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems).
A medicinal plant used to relieve one of such symptoms.
Relating to the colon; colonic.
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, .
(North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
(rfi, the bootmaker's tool)
To flop around as a fish out of water.
To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
* Sir W. Hamilton
* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 136
As nouns the difference between colic and flounder
is that colic is (pathology) severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems) while flounder is a european species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, european flounder,.As an adjective colic
is relating to the colon; colonic.As a verb flounder is
to flop around as a fish out of water.colic
English
(wikipedia colic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* colickyAdjective
(-)flounder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) floundre, from . Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.Noun
(en-noun)External links
* (wikipedia "flounder")Etymology 2
Possibly from the noun. Possibly from (founder) or from (etyl) . See other terms beginning with fl , such as (flutter), (flitter), (float), (flap), (flub), (flip)Verb
(en verb)- Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
- They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.
- He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
- He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering .