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frill vs gauffer

gauffer vs frill

frill and gauffer both are nouns.

frill is not a verb while gauffer is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
frill Yes No No No
gauffer Yes No Yes No
As nouns, gauffer is a hyponym of frill; that is, gauffer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than frill:
  • frill: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
  • gauffer: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
Other hyponyms of frill include goffer, jabot, peplum.
frill (noun) gauffer (noun)
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
ornamental objects of no great value an iron used to press pleats and ridges
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
frill (verb) gauffer (verb)
make wavy with a heated goffering iron
Difference between frill and gauffer

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