different between strep vs flu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Clipping of streptococcus.

Noun

strep (countable and uncountable, plural streps)

1. (informal, medicine) A strep throat.
2. (informal) A streptococcus.

   Synonym: strepto

Etymology 2

Clipping of streptocarpus.

Noun

strep (plural streps)

1. (informal) Clipping of streptocarpus.

   Synonym: strepto

Anagrams

• 'terps, Prest, Terps, TrEPS, perts, prest, terps

Manx

Verb

strep (verbal noun streppey)

1. to tug
2. (~ noi) to wrestle

Mutation

Derived terms

• costrep

English

Alternative forms

• 'flu (dated), floo (dated)

Etymology

Clipping of influenza

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /flu?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Homophones: flew, flue

Noun

flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)

1. Influenza.
2. (informal) Stomach flu.

Synonyms

• (influenza): grippe, grip

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• catarrh

Anagrams

• -ful, ULF

French

Etymology

From English flu (“influenza”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu/

Noun

flu m (uncountable)

1. (Quebec) diarrhoea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

flu n (definite singular fluet, indefinite plural flu, definite plural flua)

1. (countable and uncountable, fishing) bait that is strewn out over the surface to attract fish

Verb

flu (present tense flur, past tense fludde, past participle fludd/flutt, passive infinitive fluast, present participle fluande, imperative flu)

1. (intransitive) to fish using such a technique

Alternative forms

• flua, flue

Etymology 2

From Old Norse flúð.

Alternative forms

• flud (non-standard since 1917)

Noun

flu f (definite singular flua, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)

1. a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide

Related terms

• flod
• flyte

References

• “flu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ful, Ulf

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Adjective

flu (comparative daha flu, superlative en flu)

1. fuzzy
2. (photography) blurred, out of focus