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Creel vs Spool - What's the difference?

creel | spool |

As nouns the difference between creel and spool

is that creel is an osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish while spool is a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

As a verb spool is

to wind on a spool or spools.

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

    spool

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
  • (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wind on a spool or spools.
  • (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).

    • Etymology 2

    From spa and pool

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

    • Anagrams

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