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Eel vs Jeel - What's the difference?

eel | jeel |

As nouns the difference between eel and jeel

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while jeel is alternative form of lang=en.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

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.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    jeel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1820 , Walter Hamilton, A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan and the Adjacent Countries , Volume 1, page 246,
    • The pieces of stagnant water may be divided into jeels which contain water throughout the year, and chaongre which dry up in the cold season.
  • * 1827 , East India Company, Journey across the Arracan Mountains'', ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany , Volume 23, page 16,
    • On the banks of this jeel the party encamped, about two miles from the village.
  • * 1827 , The Burmese War: Operations on the Sihet Frontier, 1824'', ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies , Volume 24, page 551,
    • The reports of some hircarrahs having induced a belief that a short passage might be discovered across the jeels from the Gogra towards Tilyn, Lieut. Fisher, of the Quarter-Master General's department, was despatched to reconnoitre the outlets from that river, accompanied by Lieut. Craigie and five sipahees, in two dingees.