Difference between Cockle and Undulate

What is the difference between Cockle and Undulate?

Cockle as a verb is to wrinkle, pucker while Undulate as a verb is to cause to move in a wavelike motion.

Cockle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wrinkle, pucker

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells. The shell of such cockle. (plural) One's innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one's heart”). [directly from French coquille] A wrinkle, pucker hence A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep Any of several field weeds, such as the corn cockle

Undulate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Wavy in appearance or form.Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.Winding up and down gradually relative to the blade.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to move in a wavelike motion.To cause to resemble a waveTo move in wavelike motions.To appear wavelike.

We hope you now know whether to use Cockle or Undulate in your sentence.

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