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Flounder vs Turbot - What's the difference?

flounder | turbot |

As nouns the difference between flounder and turbot

is that flounder is a European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, species: Platichthys flesus while turbot is a species of flatfish native to Europe, Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima.

As a verb flounder

is to flop around as a fish out of water.

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)
    External links
    * (wikipedia "flounder")

    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).

    References

    English nouns with irregular plurals

    turbot

    English

    (wikipedia turbot)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A species of flatfish native to Europe, Scophthalmus maximus'', earlier ''Psetta maxima .
  • Any of various other flatfishes of family (l) that are found in marine or brackish waters.
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    • , title=Death Walks in Eastrepps , chapter=1/1 citation , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot , roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.}}
  • Triggerfish, .