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Eel vs Veel - What's the difference?

eel | veel |

As nouns the difference between eel and veel

is that eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while veel is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between eel and veel

is that eel is to fish for eels while veel is feel.

eel

English

(wikipedia eel) (Anguilliformes)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
  • The European eel, .

    • Derived terms

    * African eel * cutthroat eel * conger eel * duckbill eel * eelboat * eelbuck * eeler * eelfare * eelfish * eelgrass * eelish * eellike * eelpot * eelpout, eel-pout * eelskin * eelspear * eely * electric eel * European eel * glass eel * Japanese eel * moray eel * mud eel * sand eel * sawtooth eel * slippery as an eel * snake eel * snipe eel * spaghetti eel * thin eel * worm eel

    See also

    * elver

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for eels.
  • To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    veel

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • * c.'' 1450, ''Mirour Saluacioun
    • The ydolatiers of the golden veel .

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard, British) feel
  • * 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    • To Veel . v. To feel.
    Veel’d. part. Felt.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard, British) field
    • Derived terms
    * veelvare
    Quotations
    * 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century *: But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels ? * 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire *: Veel . s. A field; a corn land unenclosed. ----