Tundish vs. Funnel — What's the Difference?

A funnel.

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.

The word tundish originates from a shallow wooden dish with an outlet channel, fitting into the bunghole of a tun or cask and forming a kind of funnel for filling it. These were originally used in brewing.

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 container for pouring molten metal into a mold, having holes in the bottom to prevent splashing.

Something resembling this utensil in shape.

A kind of funnel used in brewing fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask.

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

A funnel used in smelting, foundry work etc.

To take the shape of a funnel.

A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.

To move through or as if through a funnel

To cause to take the shape of a funnel.

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

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.

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

(transitive) To use a funnel.

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

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

(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;