crease vs brush

brush vs crease

crease and brush both are nouns.

crease and brush both are verbs.

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

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

crease: scrape gently
brush: touch lightly and briefly

crease (noun)	brush (noun)
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade	a minor short-term fight
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface	the act of brushing your hair
an angular or rounded shape made by folding	the act of brushing your teeth
	contact with something dangerous or undesirable
	a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
	an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
	conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
	momentary contact
	a dense growth of bushes

crease (verb)	brush (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased	remove with or as if with a brush
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic	touch lightly and briefly
make wrinkled or creased	rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
scrape gently	clean with a brush
	cover by brushing
	sweep across or over

Difference between crease and brush

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