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Crumbled vs Crumpled - What's the difference?

crumbled | crumpled |

As verbs the difference between crumbled and crumpled

is that crumbled is past tense of crumble while crumpled is past tense of crumple.

As an adjective crumpled is

squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

crumbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (crumble)

  • crumble

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To fall apart; to disintegrate.
  • To render into crumbs.
  • Noun

  • A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
  • crumpled

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
  • The crumpled pieces of paper were used as packing because they took up much more space that way than when they were flat.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crumple)