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crinkle and crease

np36Super Member!

Thailand

Hello,

        What is the different between "crease" and "crinkle"? How can we use them? Thank you very much.

np36

03:39 AM Dec 10 2008 |

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Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Hi! Interesting question. "Crease" and "crinkle" are quite similar. However, a crease is usually more of a straight line. A crinkle tends to be less neat, more wavy.

Both words can be used as nouns or verbs. You can crease or crinkle something, or you can put a crinkle or a crease in something. The action of creasing is similar to folding, while the act of crinkling is more like crumpling something up into a little ball.   

  

06:48 PM Dec 10 2008 |

np36Super Member!

Thailand

Thank you very much. So can I say, "I' m so sorry I have creased the cover of your book and crinkled your shirt"?

np36

08:05 PM Dec 10 2008 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

It's definitely correct to say "I've creased the cover of your book." But it's probably better to say you "wrinkled" a shirt, rather than "crinkled" it. We most often use crinkle when refering to paper: "I crinkled up the sheet of paper and tossed it in the garbage." Laughing

08:53 PM Dec 12 2008 |