Funneled vs Funnelled - What's the difference?
funneled | funnelled | Alternative forms |
(funnel)
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).
Funnelled is a alternative form of funneled.
As verbs the difference between funneled and funnelled
is that funneled is past tense of funnel while funnelled is past tense of funnel.funneled
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Alternative forms
* funnelledVerb
(head)funnel
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(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.