different between crumple vs corrugate

English

Etymology

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump +? -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??mp?l/
• Rhymes: -?mp?l

Noun

crumple (plural crumples)

1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Verb

crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)

1. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
2. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
3. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To collapse.

Translations

Derived terms

• crumple zone

Related terms

• crumpet

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• clumper

English

Etymology

From Latin corr?g? (“I wrinkle; I corrugate”), from con- + r?ga (“furrow”). Compare Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up because of the cold; to huddle”).

Verb

corrugate (third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)

1. (of the skin) To wrinkle.
2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.

Derived terms

• corrugated

Translations

Adjective

corrugate (comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)

1. (obsolete) corrugated; wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed

Italian

Verb

corrugate

1. second-person plural present indicative of corrugare
2. second-person plural imperative of corrugare
3. feminine plural of corrugato

Latin

Verb

corr?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corr?g?