Eel vs Keel - What's the difference?
eel | keel |
Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
The European eel, .
(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
(nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
(zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
(botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
A brewer's cooling vat.
to collapse, to fall
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
As nouns the difference between eel and keel
is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while keel is skittle, pin.As a verb eel
is to fish for eels.eel
English
(wikipedia eel) (Anguilliformes)Noun
(en noun)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 eelSee also
* elverAnagrams
* * ----keel
English
(wikipedia keel)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* even keel * keelhaul * keel overVerb
(en verb)- He keeled over after having a stroke.