roll up vs reef

reef vs roll up

roll up is not a noun while reef is a noun.

roll up and reef both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roll up	No	No	Yes	No
reef	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, reef is a hyponym of roll up; that is, reef is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than roll up:

roll up: form into a cylinder by rolling
reef: roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

Other hyponyms of roll up include douse, bolt, gather in, take in, brail.

roll up (noun)	reef (noun)
	one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
	a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

roll up (verb)	reef (verb)
form a cylinder by rolling	roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
form into a cylinder by rolling	reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
show certain properties when being rolled	lower and bring partially inboard
make into a bundle
close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle
arrive in a vehicle:
get or gather together

Difference between roll up and reef

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