Crinkle vs Cringle - What's the difference?
crinkle | cringle |
(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
* L. T. Trowbridge
* Elizabeth Browning
A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness.
(nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
A withe for fastening a gate.
As nouns the difference between crinkle and cringle
is that crinkle is a wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness while cringle is a short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.As a verb crinkle
is to fold, crease, crumple, or wad.crinkle
English
Verb
(crinkl)- He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
- The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
- The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
- All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.
Noun
(en noun)- He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.