box pleat vs pleat

box pleat and pleat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
box pleat	Yes	No	No	No
pleat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pleat is a hypernym of box pleat; that is, pleat is a word with a broader meaning than box pleat:

box pleat: a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
pleat: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

Other hypernyms of box pleat include plait.

box pleat (noun)	pleat (noun)
a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it	any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

box pleat (verb)	pleat (verb)
	pleat or gather into a ruffle
	fold into pleats