crease vs lifeline

lifeline vs crease

crease and lifeline both are nouns.

crease is a verb but lifeline is not a verb.

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

As nouns, lifeline is a hyponym of crease; that is, lifeline is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crease:

crease: a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
lifeline: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

Other hyponyms of crease include crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line, dermatoglyphic, frown line, life line, line of life, heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line, line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn, head line.

crease (noun)	lifeline (noun)
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade	line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface	line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
an angular or rounded shape made by folding	support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
	a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

crease (verb)	lifeline (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
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 crease and lifeline

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