different between wrinkle vs wizen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????kl?/
• Rhymes: -??k?l
• Hyphenation: wrink?le

Etymology 1

Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.

Alternative forms

• wrincle (obsolete)

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)

1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

3. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

4. A twist on something existing; a novel difference.

Translations

Verb

wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)

1. (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
2. (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

3. (intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
   • 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn

     Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at

Related terms

• unwrinkled
• wrinkle-free
• wrinkly

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)

1. (US, dialect) A winkle

References

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

Anagrams

• Winkler

English

Alternative forms

• wizzen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisn?jan, from *wesan? (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?z?n/
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Adjective

wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen)

1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
   • 1864, - Henry Dunbar by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1]

     His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.

   • 1890, - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [2]

     Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.

Translations

Verb

wizen (third-person singular simple present wizens, present participle wizening, simple past and past participle wizened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

Translations

Anagrams

• winze