cockle vs crease

crease vs cockle

cockle and crease both are nouns.

cockle and crease both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cockle	Yes	No	Yes	No
crease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crease is a hypernym of cockle; that is, crease is a word with a broader meaning than cockle:

cockle: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
crease: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

Other hypernyms of cockle include crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle.

cockle (noun)	crease (noun)
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs	a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
common edible European bivalve	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
	an angular or rounded shape made by folding

cockle (verb)	crease (verb)
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
stir up (water) so as to form ripples	make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
	make wrinkled or creased
	scrape gently

Difference between cockle and crease

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