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crease vs ruck

ruck vs crease

crease and ruck both are nouns.

crease and ruck both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crease Yes No Yes No
ruck Yes No Yes No
As nouns, ruck is a hyponym of crease; that is, ruck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crease:
  • crease: an angular or rounded shape made by folding
  • ruck: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
Other hyponyms of crease include plait, pleat, kink, twirl, twist, pucker, accordion fold, concertina fold, z-fold, zig-zag fold.
As verbs, ruck is a hyponym of crease; that is, ruck 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
  • ruck: become wrinkled or drawn together
Other hyponyms of crease include cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple, pucker, ruck up.
crease (noun) ruck (noun)
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
crease (verb) ruck (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased become wrinkled or drawn together
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 ruck

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