Crumple vs Wad - What's the difference?
crumple | wad |
To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
To cause to collapse.
To become wrinkled.
To collapse.
An amorphous, compact mass.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
(slang) A sandwich.
(vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
(Ulster) To wager.
To insert or force a wad into.
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
As nouns the difference between crumple and wad
is that crumple is a crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold while wad is an amorphous, compact mass.As verbs the difference between crumple and wad
is that crumple is to rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together while wad is to crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.As an acronym WAD is
it works as designed.crumple
English
Verb
(crumpl)Derived terms
* crumple zoneReferences
* English ergative verbswad
English
(wikipedia wad)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
- With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
Derived terms
* (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wadSee also
* (Wad)Verb
(wadd)- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
- to wad a gun
- to wad a cloak
