Difference between Fold and Close

What is the difference between Fold and Close?

Fold as a verb is to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. while Close as a verb is to obstruct (an opening).

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: Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.

Close

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed, shut.At a little distance; near.Intimate; well-loved.hot, humid, with no wind.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obstruct (an opening).To move so that an opening is closed.To put an end to.To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.To make a sale.To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An end of something.An enclosed field.A street that ends in a dead end.A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.A cathedral close.

Example sentence: Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.

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

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