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Flounder vs Ariel - What's the difference?

flounder | ariel |

As nouns the difference between flounder and ariel

is that flounder is a European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, species: Platichthys flesus while ariel is misspelling of lang=en.

As a verb flounder

is to flop around as a fish out of water.

As a proper noun Ariel is

a name for the city of Jerusalem.

flounder

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) floundre, from . Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, .
  • (North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
  • A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
  • (rfi, the bootmaker's tool)

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from the noun. Possibly from (founder) or from (etyl) . See other terms beginning with fl , such as (flutter), (flitter), (float), (flap), (flub), (flip)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flop around as a fish out of water.
  • To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
  • Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
  • To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
  • They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.
    He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 136
  • He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering .
    Usage notes
    Frequently confused with the verb founder. The difference is one of severity; floundering'' (struggling to maintain a position) comes before ''foundering (losing it completely by falling, sinking or failing).

    ariel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Arielle (for female name only)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem.
  • * :
  • Woe to Ariel', to ' Ariel , the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
  • , also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
  • * :
  • Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel , for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
  • * :Scene 2:
  • All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.
  • * 1667 :
  • Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.
  • * 1714 :
  • Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.
  • * 1979 , With Child , Crowell, ISBN 0690018355, page 121:
  • You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel : God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
    I dub thee Ariel , faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...
  • , used mainly since the 1980s.
  • * 1992 Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving , Thorndike Press, ISBN 1560545380, page 190:
  • "I'm going to name her Ariel ," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."
  • (astronomy) Name of the twelfth and brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
  • Derived terms

    * Arielian ----