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Creel vs Creek - What's the difference?

creel | creek |

As nouns the difference between creel and creek

is that creel is an osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish while creek is a small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

As a proper noun Creek is

the Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.

As an adjective Creek is

of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.

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

    creek

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia creek) (en noun)
  • A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
  • Any turn or winding.

    • Synonyms

    * beck, brook, burn, stream

    Derived terms

    * up the creek

    References