Fennel vs. Funnel — What's the Difference?

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.

A funnel is a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening. Funnels are usually made of stainless steel, aluminium, glass, or plastic.

An aromatic yellow-flowered European plant of the parsley family, with feathery leaves.

A conical utensil having a small hole or narrow tube at the apex and used to channel the flow of a substance, as into a small-mouthed container.

A Eurasian plant (Foeniculum vulgare) in the parsley family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers grouped in umbels, cultivated for its aromatic seeds and edible stalks.

Something resembling this utensil in shape.

The seeds or stalks of this plant.

A shaft, flue, or stack for ventilation or the passage of smoke, especially the smokestack of a ship or locomotive.

A variety of fennel whose seeds are used as flavoring. Also called sweet fennel.

To take the shape of a funnel.

A variety of fennel whose bulbous, celerylike stalks are eaten as a vegetable. Also called finocchio, Florence fennel.

To move through or as if through a funnel

See giant fennel.

To cause to take the shape of a funnel.

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

To cause to move through or as if through a funnel.

(culinary) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

(culinary) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.

A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

A perennial plant of the genus Fæniculum (Fæniculum vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.

(transitive) To use a funnel.

Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems

(intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.

Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

(transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).

Leaves used for seasoning

(transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.

A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids or pourable solids into a vessel with a narrow opening; a tunnel.

A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.

A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends

A conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth

(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)

Move or pour through a funnel;