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Crinkle vs Corrugated - What's the difference?

crinkle | corrugated |

As verbs the difference between crinkle and corrugated

is that crinkle is (ambitransitive) to fold, crease, crumple, or wad while corrugated is (corrugate).

As a noun crinkle

is a wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness.

As an adjective corrugated is

marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.

crinkle

English

Verb

(crinkl)
  • (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
    • He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
    The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
  • To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
  • * L. T. Trowbridge
    • The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
  • * Elizabeth Browning
    • All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness.
    • He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.

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    corrugated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (corrugate)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
  • Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.

    • Derived terms

    * corrugated cardboard * corrugated iron