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Een vs Eel - What's the difference?

een | eel |

As a numeral een

is one.

As a noun eel is

any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

As a verb eel is

to fish for eels.

een

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(head)
  • (Scotland, Northern England, and, archaic)
    • References
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    Etymology 2

    From a contraction of even.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (dialectal, Northern England) even.
    • een seea

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, or, dialectal, Scotland) evening.

    • Anagrams

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    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

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