gauffer vs ruffle

gauffer and ruffle both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ruffle is a hypernym of gauffer; that is, ruffle is a word with a broader meaning than gauffer:

Other hypernyms of gauffer include flounce, frill, furbelow.

gauffer (noun)	ruffle (noun)
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats	a noisy fight
an iron used to press pleats and ridges	a high tight collar
	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

gauffer (verb)	ruffle (verb)
make wavy with a heated goffering iron	pleat or gather into a ruffle
	erect or fluff up
	disturb the smoothness of
	twitch or flutter
	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