Flounder vs. Sole — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Flounder and Sole
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Flounder
Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.
Sole
A shipping forecast area in the north-eastern Atlantic, covering the western approaches to the English Channel.
Flounder
To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
Sole
Put a new sole on to (a shoe)
He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled
Flounder
To act or function in a confused or directionless manner; struggle
"Some ... floundered professionally, never quite deciding what they wanted to do" (Steve Olson). See Usage Note at founder1.
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Sole
One and only
My sole aim was to contribute to the national team
Flounder
The act of floundering.
Sole
(especially of a woman) unmarried.
Flounder
Any of various marine flatfishes chiefly of the families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae, including several important food fishes.
Sole
The underside of the foot.
Flounder
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
Sole
The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
Flounder
(North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
Sole
The bottom surface of a plow.
Flounder
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
Sole
The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.
Flounder
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
Sole
Any of various chiefly marine flatfishes of the family Soleidae, having both eyes on the right side of the body, and including food fishes such as the Dover sole of the Atlantic Ocean.
Flounder
(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
Sole
Any of various other flatfishes, especially certain flounders.
Flounder
(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
Sole
To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.
Flounder
To be in serious difficulty.
Sole
To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.
Flounder
A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.
Sole
Being the only one
The sole survivor of the crash.
Flounder
A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
Sole
Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive
She took sole command of the ship.
Flounder
The act of floundering.
Sole
Only.
Flounder
To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.
Sole
(legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
Flounder
Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
Sole
Unique; unsurpassed.
The sole brilliance of this gem.
Flounder
Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
Sole
With independent power; unfettered.
A sole authority.
Flounder
Walk with great difficulty;
He staggered along in the heavy snow
Sole
(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
Flounder
Behave awkwardly; have difficulties;
She is floundering in college
Sole
(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
Sole
(obsolete) The foot itself.
Sole
(fish) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
Sole
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
Sole
The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
Sole
The bottom of a furrow.
Sole
The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
Sole
The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
Sole
(military) The bottom of an embrasure.
Sole
(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
Sole
(nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
Sole
(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Sole
A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
Sole
A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
Sole
(transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
Sole
To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
Sole
Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
Sole
The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.
Sole
The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.
Sole
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
Sole
To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
Sole
Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reignSole king.
Sole
Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Sole
The underside of footwear or a golfclub
Sole
Lean flesh of any of several flatfish
Sole
The underside of the foot
Sole
Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
Sole
Put a new sole on;
Sole the shoes
Sole
Not divided or shared with others;
They have exclusive use of the machine
Sole rights of publication
Sole
Being the only one; single and isolated from others;
The lone doctor in the entire county
A lonesome pine
An only child
The sole heir
The sole example
A solitary instance of cowardice
A solitary speck in the sky
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