Tuna vs Flounder - What's the difference?
tuna | flounder |
Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
The edible flesh of the tuna.
The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia .
The fruit of the cactus.
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)
To flop around as a fish out of water.
To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
* Sir W. Hamilton
* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 136
English nouns with irregular plurals
As nouns the difference between tuna and flounder
is that tuna is any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae while flounder is a European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, species: Platichthys flesus.As a verb flounder is
to flop around as a fish out of water.tuna
English
Etymology 1
From American Spanish alteration of the (etyl) , "I rush, dart along"). (en)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* tuna fish, tunnySee also
* (wikipedia) * (Thunnus)Etymology 2
(etyl) (wikipedia tuna)Noun
(en noun)See also
* (l) * (projectlink) * (Opuntia)Anagrams
* ----flounder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) floundre, from . Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.Noun
(en-noun)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)- Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
- 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.
- He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering .