Difference between Fold and Crease

What is the difference between Fold and Crease?

Fold as a verb is to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. while Crease as a verb is to make a crease in; to wrinkle.

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: Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

Crease

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a crease in; to wrinkle.To lightly bloody; to graze.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.A goal crease is an area in front of each goal, surrounded by thin red lines and filled in with light blue.

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

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