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Crumpling vs Crumbling - What's the difference?

crumpling | crumbling |

As verbs the difference between crumpling and crumbling

is that crumpling is present participle of lang=en while crumbling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between crumpling and crumbling

is that crumpling is the act by which something crumples while crumbling is material that has crumbled away; crumbs.

crumpling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something crumples.

    • crumbling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • * Henry James, The Aspern Papers
    • Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time