wrinkle vs lifeline

lifeline vs wrinkle

wrinkle and lifeline both are nouns.

wrinkle is a verb but lifeline is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrinkle	Yes	No	Yes	No
lifeline	Yes	No	No	No

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

wrinkle: a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
lifeline: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

Other hyponyms of wrinkle include crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line, dermatoglyphic, frown line, life line, line of life, heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line, line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn, head line.

wrinkle (noun)	lifeline (noun)
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)	line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
a minor difficulty	line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface	support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
	a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

wrinkle (verb)	lifeline (verb)
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
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
make wrinkled or creased

Difference between wrinkle and lifeline

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