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wrinkle vs crumple

crumple vs wrinkle

wrinkle is a noun but crumple is not a noun.

wrinkle and crumple both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wrinkle Yes No Yes No
crumple No No Yes No
As verbs, wrinkle and crumple are synonyms defined as:
  • wrinkle and crumple: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
Other synonyms of wrinkle include crease, crinkle, rumple.
As verbs, crumple is a hyponym of wrinkle; that is, crumple 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
  • crumple: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Other hyponyms of wrinkle include cockle, knit, pucker, rumple, pucker, ruck, ruck up.
wrinkle (noun) crumple (noun)
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
a minor difficulty
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
wrinkle (verb) crumple (verb)
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased 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 to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker fold or collapse
make wrinkled or creased fall apart
Difference between wrinkle and crumple

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