different between crinkle vs ruffle
crinkle
English
Etymology
From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringan? (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k???k?l/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Verb
crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
- 1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems
- The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
- 1856, Elizabeth Browning, Aurora Leigh
- All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.
- 1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems
Derived terms
- crinkle-patterned
- uncrinkle
Translations
Noun
crinkle (plural crinkles)
- A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
- The act of crinkling
Derived terms
- crinkly
Translations
Anagrams
- Clinker, clinker
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ruffle
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
Noun
ruffle (plural ruffles)
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Synonyms
- (strip of fabric): frill, furbelow
Translations
Verb
ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- the fantastic revelries […] that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile
- 1860, Sir William Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
- These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Guinevere
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
Translations
Derived terms
- rufflement
- ruffler
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle up
- ruffly
- unruffled
References
Anagrams
- Fulfer, luffer
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