pleat vs kick pleat

pleat and kick pleat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pleat	Yes	No	Yes	No
kick pleat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kick pleat is a hyponym of pleat; that is, kick pleat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pleat:

pleat: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
kick pleat: pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking

Other hyponyms of pleat include box pleat, inverted pleat, knife pleat, tuck.

pleat (noun)	kick pleat (noun)
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape	pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking

pleat (verb)	kick pleat (verb)
pleat or gather into a ruffle
fold into pleats