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Crumpled vs Crushed - What's the difference?

crumpled | crushed |

As adjectives the difference between crumpled and crushed

is that crumpled is squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds while crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

As verbs the difference between crumpled and crushed

is that crumpled is past tense of crumple while crushed is past tense of crush.

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)
  • crushed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crush)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
  • Broken, saddened, depressed.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
  • Derived terms

    * crushed sugar * crushed velvet