eel

As nouns the difference between eel and beetle

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

As verbs the difference between eel and beetle

is that eel is to fish for eels while beetle is to move away quickly, to scurry away or beetle can be to loom over; to extend or jut or beetle can be to beat with a heavy mallet.

As an adjective beetle is

protruding, jutting, overhanging (as in beetle brows ).

As nouns the difference between eel and alligator

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while alligator is either of two species of large amphibious reptile, species: Alligator mississippiensis or species: Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China.

As verbs the difference between eel and alligator

is that eel is to fish for eels while alligator is to crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

As nouns the difference between eel and pearlfish

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while pearlfish is any of various slender marine fish of the family , resembling eels.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

As nouns the difference between eel and cutlassfish

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while cutlassfish is a predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

As nouns the difference between eel and wrymouth

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while wrymouth is Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a slim, eel-like fish related to the blenny.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

As nouns the difference between eel and leptocephalus

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while leptocephalus is the larva of an eel, flat in shape and transparent.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

As a noun eel

is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

As a verb eel

is to fish for eels.

As an adjective anguilliform is

shaped like an eel.

As nouns the difference between eel and eeling

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while eeling is fishing for eels.

As verbs the difference between eel and eeling

is that eel is to fish for eels while eeling is .

As nouns the difference between eel and snig

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while snig is a small eel.

As verbs the difference between eel and snig

is that eel is to fish for eels while snig is to drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.