Difference between Fold and Bend

What is the difference between Fold and Bend?

Fold as a verb is to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. while Bend as a verb is to cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.

Fold

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. (Informal) to fall over. to give way on a point or in an argument. (poker) To withdraw from betting. To stir gently, with a folding action. Of a company, to cease to trade.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of folding. A bend or crease. Any correct move in origami. 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. 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. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. Home, family. A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ. (obsolete) A boundary or limit.

Example sentence: I never developed hard cartilage in my ears because I played with them since I was a baby. I can fold my ear entirely inside out, and I can put the whole thing inside itself.

Bend

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A curve.Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.(the bends) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.To become curved.To cause to change direction.To change direction.To stoop.To force to submit.To submit.To apply to a task or purpose.To apply oneself to a task or purpose.To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.To smoothly change the pitch of a note.To swing the body when rowing.

Example sentence: If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

We hope you now know whether to use Fold or Bend in your sentence.

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