lifeline vs crease

crease vs lifeline

lifeline and crease both are nouns.

lifeline is not a verb while crease is a verb.

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

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

lifeline: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
crease: a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

Other hypernyms of lifeline include crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle.

lifeline (noun)	crease (noun)
line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning	a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)	an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

lifeline (verb)	crease (verb)
	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
	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 lifeline and crease

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