Funnel vs Fennel - What's the difference?
funnel | fennel |
A utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc. into a close vessel; a tunnel.
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
To use a funnel.
To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to narrow or condense.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To direct (money or resources).
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare , of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
As nouns the difference between funnel and fennel
is that funnel is a utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc into a close vessel; a tunnel while fennel is a plant, foeniculum vulgare , of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.As a verb funnel
is to use a funnel.funnel
English
(wikipedia funnel)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* funnel box * funnel mark * funnel plot * funnel staySee also
* tundishVerb
- Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
- A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.
- Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.