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Crape vs Crapelike - What's the difference?

crape | crapelike |

As a noun crape

is crepe.

As a verb crape

is to form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

As an adjective crapelike is

resembling crape.

crape

English

Noun

  • Crepe.
  • Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

    • Verb

    (crap)
  • To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
    • a machine for craping silk
    The hour for curling and craping the hair. — Madame d'Arblay.

    Anagrams

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    crapelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling crape.
  • * 1853 , Charlotte Brontë, Villette
    • ...so I had sought through a dozen shops till I lit upon a crapelike material of purple-gray — the color, in short, of dun mist, lying on a moor in bloom.