Cruel vs Creel - What's the difference?
cruel | creel |
Not nice; mean; heartless.
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
(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.
As an adjective cruel
is not nice; mean; heartless.As a verb cruel
is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success).As a noun creel is
(fishing) an osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.cruel
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
