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Wavy vs Wrinkle - What's the difference?

wavy | wrinkle |

As nouns the difference between wavy and wrinkle

is that wavy is (goose) while wrinkle is a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface or wrinkle can be (us|dialect) a winkle.

As an adjective wavy

is rising or swelling in waves.

As a verb wrinkle is

to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

wavy

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(er)
  • Rising or swelling in waves.
  • Full of waves.
  • Moving to and fro; undulating.
  • Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
  • (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
  • (heraldry) , in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.

    • Etymology 2

    See wavey .

    Noun

    (wavies)
  • (goose).
  • * 1862 , in The Zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history , volume 20, page 7835:
    • According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.
  • * 1888 , in the Journals of the Senate of Canada , volume 22, Appendix 1, page 237:
    • The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.

    wrinkle

    English

    (wikipedia wrinkle)

    Etymology 1

    Probably from stem of (etyl) gewrinclod .

    Alternative forms

    * wrincle (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
  • A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
    • Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
  • A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
    • Three months later, we're still discovering new wrinkles .
  • (dated) A notion or fancy; a whim.
    • to have a new wrinkle

    Verb

    (wrinkl)
  • To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
    • Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed
  • To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
    • An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle .
  • (skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
    • The skin is the substance that wrinkles , shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
  • (obsolete) To sneer (at ).
    • (Marston)

    Related terms

    * unwrinkled * wrinkle-free * wrinkly

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, dialect) A winkle.

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