Folder vs. Fold — What's the Difference?

One that folds or is folded, such as a booklet or pamphlet made of one or more folded sheets of paper.

To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part

A flexible cover folded in the center and used as a holder for loose paper

To make compact by doubling or bending over parts

(Computers) See directory.

To bring from an extended to a closed position

An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold

(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

To place together and intertwine

A machine or person that folds things.

To envelop or clasp; enfold

A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.

To blend (a light ingredient) into a heavier mixture with a series of gentle turns

One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

(Informal) To discontinue operating; close

A small book usually having a paper cover

(Games) To withdraw (one's hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table.

Covering that is folded over to protect the contents

(Geology) To form bends in (a stratum of rock).

To become folded.

To be capable of being folded

(Informal) To close, especially for lack of financial success; fail.

(Games) To withdraw from a game in defeat.

To give in; buckle

To weaken or collapse from exertion.

To place or keep (sheep, for example) in a fenced enclosure.

The act or an instance of folding.

A part that has been folded over or against another

A line or mark made by folding; a crease

A coil or bend, as of rope.

Chiefly British A hill or dale in undulating country.

(Geology) A bend in a stratum of rock.

(Anatomy) A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.

A fenced enclosure for livestock, especially sheep.

A flock of sheep.

A group of people or institutions bound together by common beliefs and aims.

A religious congregation

(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

(transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

(intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.

To fall over; to be crushed.

(transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.

To withdraw from betting.

To withdraw or quit in general.

To stir gently, with a folding action.

Of a company, to cease to trade.

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

To confine animals in a fold.

An act of folding.

A bend or crease.

Any correct move in origami.

(newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.

The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

(geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.

(comptheory) In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

(programming) A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

(collective) A group of sheep or goats.

(figuratively) Home, family.

(Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

The Earth; earth; land, country.

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

To confine in a fold, as sheep.

To confine sheep in a fold.

A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

Times or repetitions; - used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.

That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

A boundary; a limit.

An angular or rounded shape made by folding;

A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)

A pen for sheep

The act of folding;

Bend or lay so that one part covers the other;

Intertwine;

Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating;

Cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

Confine in a fold, like sheep

Become folded or folded up;