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crease vs pucker

pucker vs crease

crease and pucker both are nouns.

crease and pucker both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crease Yes No Yes No
pucker Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pucker is a hyponym of crease; that is, pucker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crease:
  • crease: an angular or rounded shape made by folding
  • pucker: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
Other hyponyms of crease include plait, pleat, kink, twirl, twist, ruck, accordion fold, concertina fold, z-fold, zig-zag fold.
As verbs, pucker is a hyponym of crease; that is, pucker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crease:
  • crease: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
  • pucker: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Other hyponyms of crease include cockle, crumple, knit, rumple, ruck, ruck up.
crease (noun) pucker (noun)
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
crease (verb) pucker (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic draw together into folds or puckers
make wrinkled or creased become wrinkled or drawn together
scrape gently
Difference between crease and pucker

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