cockle vs wrinkle

wrinkle vs cockle

cockle and wrinkle both are nouns.

cockle and wrinkle both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

cockle (noun)	wrinkle (noun)
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs	a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
common edible European bivalve	a minor difficulty
	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

cockle (verb)	wrinkle (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
	gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
	make wrinkled or creased

Difference between cockle and wrinkle

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