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Eeled vs Heeled - What's the difference?

eeled | heeled |

As verbs the difference between eeled and heeled

is that eeled is (eel) while heeled is (heel).

As an adjective heeled is

having a heel (often specified, as in high-heeled etc).

eeled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (eel)

    • 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

    * * ----

    heeled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (heel)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a heel (often specified, as in high-heeled etc.).
  • (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon.
  • * 1903 , , "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Norton (2005 edition), p. 896:
    • I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.

    Related terms

    * well-heeled