Crumple vs Pucker - What's the difference?
crumple | pucker | Synonyms |
To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
To cause to collapse.
To become wrinkled.
To collapse.
To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
A fold or wrinkle.
A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
Crumple is a synonym of pucker.
As nouns the difference between crumple and pucker
is that crumple is a crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold while pucker is a fold or wrinkle.As verbs the difference between crumple and pucker
is that crumple is to rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together while pucker is to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.crumple
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Verb
(crumpl)Derived terms
* crumple zoneReferences
* English ergative verbspucker
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Verb
(en verb)- 1914' ''The conduct of the white strangers it was that caused him the greatest perturbation. He '''puckered his brows into a frown of deep thought.'' — Edgar Rice Burroughs, ''Tarzan of the Apes ,
Chapter 13.
- 1893' ''He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. His hair and whiskers were shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and '''puckered like a withered apple. — Arthur Conan Doyle,
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
Derived terms
* pucker upNoun
(en noun)- 1921' ''The mouth was compressed, and on either side of it two tiny wrinkles had formed themselves in her cheeks. An infinity of slightly malicious amusement lurked in those little folds, in the '''puckers about the half-closed eyes, in the eyes themselves, bright and laughing between the narrowed lids. — Aldous Huxley, ''Crome Yellow ,
Chapter 3.
- 1874' ''"What a '''pucker everything is in!" said Bathsheba, discontentedly when the child had gone. "Get away, Maryann, or go on with your scrubbing, or do something! You ought to be married by this time, and not here troubling me!"'' — Thomas Hardy, ''
Far From the Madding Crowd.