OK; thanks for that; I stand corrected---to a large degree---turns out that their meanings actually overlap depending on the context in which each word is used (although I was brought up by a newspaper editor dad who explained things like this to me at an early age).
While foundering at sea means filling with water and sinking floundering can mean almost the same thing; to flail about helplessly or be lost in a manner of speaking---as you so rightly point out. Down here on the Gulf Coast I happen to enjoy eating a lot of grilled flounder, too---but sometimes I have to eat crow as it were...
I suspect because the words are so often confused that their meanings have shifted together over the years an thank you for correcting me (and my apologies to the OP for my error/minor rant). QRT on the OT subject, too
73,
Jeff, NH7RO
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/floundering?s=tfloun·der1 [floun-der] Show IPA
verb (used without object)
1.
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
2.
to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
Origin:
1570–80; perhaps blend of flounce1 and founder2
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Jeff Cathrow <
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And one more thing;
floundering= fishing for flounder
foundering=adrift, as in the Great Sea of Elecraft Features
My minor pet peeve set straight so I will go QRT without further ado...
73,
Jeff, NH7RO
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