fold vs ruffle

fold and ruffle both are nouns.

fold and ruffle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fold	Yes	No	Yes	No
ruffle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ruffle is a hyponym of fold; that is, ruffle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fold:

fold: bend or lay so that one part covers the other
ruffle: pleat or gather into a ruffle

Other hyponyms of fold include pleat, plicate, crease, furrow, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle, corrugate, pleat, tuck, crimp, pinch, cross, collapse.

fold (noun)	ruffle (noun)
the act of folding	a noisy fight
a pen for sheep	a high tight collar
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
a group of sheep or goats
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
an angular or rounded shape made by folding

fold (verb)	ruffle (verb)
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating	pleat or gather into a ruffle
become folded or folded up	erect or fluff up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other	disturb the smoothness of
confine in a fold, like sheep	twitch or flutter
cease to operate or cause to cease operating	mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
	trouble or vex
	discompose
	stir up (water) so as to form ripples
	to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

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