kink vs crease

kink and crease both are nouns.

kink and crease both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kink	Yes	No	Yes	No
crease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crease is a hypernym of kink; that is, crease is a word with a broader meaning than kink:

kink: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
crease: an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Other hypernyms of kink include bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication.

kink (noun)	crease (noun)
a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation	a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
an eccentric idea	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
a person with unusual sexual tastes	an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

kink (verb)	crease (verb)
form a curl, curve, or kink	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
curl tightly	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 kink and crease

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