Funnel vs Fluid - What's the difference?
funnel | fluid |
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.
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To direct (money or resources).
(physics) Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
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(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
In a state of flux; subject to change.
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, title= Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
(of an asset) Convertible into cash.
As nouns the difference between funnel and fluid
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 fluid is fluid.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.
Derived terms
* refunnelfluid
English
Noun
(wikipedia fluid)citation, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid , which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
Derived terms
* amber fluid * brake fluid * fluid mechanicsAdjective
(en adjective)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}