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Wrinkle vs Knit - What's the difference?

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Wrinkle is a related term of knit.


In lang=en terms the difference between wrinkle and knit

is that wrinkle is (skin) to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age while knit is to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

As verbs the difference between wrinkle and knit

is that wrinkle is to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles while knit is and to turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other this can be done by hand with needles or by machine.

As a noun wrinkle

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

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)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

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

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    knit

    English

    (Knitting)

    Verb

  • and To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
  • to knit a stocking
    The first generation knitted''' to order; the second still '''knits''' for its own use; the next leaves '''knitting to industrial manufacturers.
  • (figuratively) To join closely and firmly together.
  • The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
  • * Wiseman
  • Nature cannot knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit .
  • * Milton
  • Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, / In a light fantastic round.
  • * Tennyson
  • A link among the days, to knit / The generations each to each.
  • To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
  • To grow together.
  • All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
  • To combine from various elements.
  • The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
  • To heal (of bones) following a fracture.
  • I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit .''
  • To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
  • * Bible, Acts x. 11
  • a great sheet knit at the four corners
  • * Shakespeare
  • When your head did but ache, / I knit my handkercher about your brows.
  • To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.

    Derived terms

    * close-knit * knit one's brow / knit one's brows * knitter * knitting * knitting needle * knitwear * stick to one's knitting

    See also

    * tricot * weave

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