Ask Difference

Cringe vs. Fringe — What's the Difference?

Cringe vs. Fringe — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cringe and Fringe

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Cringe

To shrink back, as in fear; cower.

Fringe

A decorative border or edging of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band.

Cringe

To behave in a servile way; fawn.

Fringe

Something that resembles such a border or edging.

Cringe

An act or instance of cringing.
ADVERTISEMENT

Fringe

A marginal, peripheral, or secondary part
"They like to hang out on the geographical fringes, the seedy outposts" (James Atlas).

Cringe

(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
He cringed as the bird collided with the window.

Fringe

Those members of a group or political party holding extreme views
The lunatic fringe.

Cringe

To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

Fringe

Any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light.

Cringe

(intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.

Fringe

A fringe benefit.

Cringe

To act in an obsequious or servile manner.

Fringe

To decorate with or as if with a fringe
The weaver fringed the edge of the scarf.

Cringe

To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).

Fringe

To serve as a fringe to
Ferns fringed the pool.

Cringe

To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.

Fringe

A decorative border.
The fringe of a picture

Cringe

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.

Fringe

A marginal or peripheral part.

Cringe

An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

Fringe

Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.

Cringe

A part]] of the body.

Fringe

The periphery of a town or city (or other area).
He lives on the fringe of London.

Cringe

Awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe; cringeworthiness.
There was so much cringe in that episode!

Fringe

(UK) bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.

Cringe

(slang) Inducing awkwardness, embarrassment, or secondhand embarrassment; cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy.

Fringe

(physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
Interference fringe

Cringe

To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions.
Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thouOnce fawned and cringed, and servilely adoredHeaven's awful monarch?
Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.

Fringe

Non-mainstream theatre.
The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe

Cringe

To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,And whine aloud for mercy.

Fringe

(botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.

Cringe

Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.

Fringe

(golf) The area around the green

Cringe

Draw back, as with fear or pain;
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

Fringe

(AU) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.

Cringe

Show submission or fear

Fringe

A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

Fringe

Outside the mainstream.

Fringe

(transitive) To decorate with fringe.

Fringe

(transitive) To serve as a fringe.

Fringe

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

Fringe

Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance.

Fringe

One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; - called also interference fringe.

Fringe

The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

Fringe

To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Precipices fringed with grass.

Fringe

The outside boundary or surface of something

Fringe

A part of the city far removed from the center;
They built a factory on the outskirts of the city

Fringe

A social group holding marginal or extreme views;
Members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times

Fringe

Edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels

Fringe

Adorn with a fringe;
The weaver fringed the scarf

Fringe

Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe;
Fur fringed the hem of the dress

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Tap vs. Stroke
Next Comparison
Castor vs. Caster

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms