As verbs the difference between crunkle and crankle
is that crunkle is (uk|obsolete|dialectal) to crumple while crankle is to bend, turn, or wind.
As a noun crankle is
a bend, twist or crinkle.
crunkle
English
Verb
(crunkl)
(UK, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.
crankle
English
Noun
(
en noun)
a bend, twist or crinkle
Verb
(
crankl)
To bend, turn, or wind.
* Drayton
- Along the crankling path.
To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
* J. Philips
- Old Vaga's stream drew her humid train aslope, / Crankling her banks.