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Flounder vs. Founder
Flounder
/ˈflaʊndə/Examples:
She floundered through the math problem, unsure of her steps.Floundering under pressure, he struggled to make a decision.The company floundered after the unexpected market crash.
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Founder
/ˈfaʊndə/Examples:
Perhaps that is why my ship foundered.Fortunately, I did not know what the word 'founder' meant.The sailors began to cry out that the ship would founder.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Flounder is often associated with fish or the act of struggling awkwardly, like a fish out of water.
- Founder can refer to someone who establishes something or a failure, like a ship sinking.
- To remember, flounder has a letter L, which you can associate with flipping like a fish does.
- Think of founder as having found in it, which is about establishing or starting something.
- Flounder also refers to a flatfish, whereas founder will never mean a fish.
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