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wrinkle vs cockle

cockle vs wrinkle

wrinkle and cockle both are nouns.

wrinkle and cockle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wrinkle Yes No Yes No
cockle Yes No Yes No
As verbs, cockle is a hyponym of wrinkle; that is, cockle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrinkle:
  • wrinkle: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
  • cockle: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Other hyponyms of wrinkle include crumple, knit, pucker, rumple, pucker, ruck, ruck up.
wrinkle (noun) cockle (noun)
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
a minor difficulty common edible European bivalve
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
wrinkle (verb) cockle (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic stir up (water) so as to form ripples
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
make wrinkled or creased
Difference between wrinkle and cockle

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