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Eel vs Weel - What's the difference?

eel | weel |

As nouns the difference between eel and weel

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while weel is (obsolete) a whirlpool.

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

    * * ----

    weel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A whirlpool.
  • A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.
    • (Webster 1913) ----