Crinkle vs. Wrinkle

Crinkleverb

(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.

‘He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.’; ‘The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.’;

Wrinklenoun

A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

Crinkleverb

(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Wrinklenoun

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.’;

Crinklenoun

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.

‘He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.’;

Wrinklenoun

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.’;

Crinklenoun

The act of crinkling

Wrinklenoun

A twist on something existing; a novel difference.

Crinkleverb

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

‘The house s crinkled to and fro.’; ‘Her face all bowsy,Comely crinkled,Wondrously wrinkled.’; ‘The flames through all the casements pushing forth,Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes.’;

Wrinkleverb

(transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

‘Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.’;

Crinkleverb

To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

‘The green wheat crinkles like a lake.’; ‘And all the roomsWere full of crinkling silks.’;

Wrinkleverb

(intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

‘An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.’;

Crinklenoun

A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

‘The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.’;

Wrinkleverb

To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

‘The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.’;

Crinklenoun

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;

‘his face has many lines’; ‘ironing gets rid of most wrinkles’;

Wrinkleverb

To sneer (at).

Crinkleverb

make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;

‘The dress got wrinkled’;

Wrinklenoun

A winkle.

Crinkleverb

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;

‘This fabric won't wrinkle’;

Wrinklenoun

A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.

‘Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.’;

Wrinklenoun

hence, any roughness; unevenness.

‘Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky.’;

Wrinklenoun

A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.

Wrinkleverb

To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.

‘Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed.’;

Wrinkleverb

Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

‘A keen north wind that, blowing dry,Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed.’; ‘Then danced we on the wrinkled sand.’;

Wrinkleverb

To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Wrinklenoun

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;

‘his face has many lines’; ‘ironing gets rid of most wrinkles’;

Wrinklenoun

a minor difficulty;

‘they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out’;

Wrinklenoun

a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

Wrinkleverb

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker;

‘purse ones's lips’;

Wrinkleverb

make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;

‘The dress got wrinkled’;

Wrinkleverb

make wrinkled or creased;

‘furrow one's brow’;

Wrinkleverb

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;

‘This fabric won't wrinkle’;

Wrinkle

A wrinkle, also known as a rhytide, is a fold, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface, such as on skin or fabric. Skin wrinkles typically appear as a result of ageing processes such as glycation, habitual sleeping positions, loss of body mass, sun damage, or temporarily, as the result of prolonged immersion in water.