ruffle vs gauffer

ruffle and gauffer both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of ruffle include goffer, jabot, peplum.

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

ruffle (verb)	gauffer (verb)
pleat or gather into a ruffle	make wavy with a heated goffering iron
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