you can say " crumpled shirt ", or " rumpled jacket ", right? what's the difference?
2007-08-12 00:20:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
One begins with C and one begins with R obviously
2007-08-12 00:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crumple seems to imply a deliberate act - like making a mistake and crumpling the paper and throwing it away.
Rumpling is just some thing that happens - a bed gets rumpled when u sleep in it (or do anything else in it). Poorly ironed clothes give a rumpled appearance. I've never heard of rumpling the hair - I would use ruffle. Hope this helps.
2007-08-12 04:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crumpled And Rumpled
2016-12-17 08:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I'm generally in agreement with the others. Same basic meaning. Course for pure fun there is also: Rhubarb crumple as opposed to Rumple of the Bailey!
2007-08-12 04:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real problem is that the story of Crumplestiltskin just wouldn't work.
Okay, okay...I also think something crumpled tends to stay that way, but something rumpled might not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone
Note that crumpled metal certainly, and crumpled paper possibly stays that way (but see below).
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/word/06Nov21.htm
Note that rumpled hair and clothing can be fixed.
Paper, however, is problematic.
On google, "crumpled paper" gets 140,000 hits, and "rumpled paper" gets 2600 hits. Clearly, people prefer to crumple, rather than rumple, their paper.
2007-08-12 03:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both mean the same thing but you would use crumpled for paper and rumpled for clothing. Like that pice of paper is all crumpled, or your jeans are rumpled, go iron them.
2007-08-12 00:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by Raven 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think crumple is the verb. You crumple a piece of paper up in your hand. Sheets get rumpled after you sleep on them.
2007-08-12 01:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, rumple. Rumple does sound more deliberate but I think they mean the same thing basically.
2007-08-15 05:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by matty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same:
According to Websters:
Crumple - verb (used with object)
1. to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
Rumple - verb (used with object)
1. to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
2. to ruffle; tousle (sometimes fol. by up): The wind rumpled her hair.
If you notice, the two words are used interchangeably in both definitions. They are synonyms.
2007-08-12 02:31:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it looks the same to you, you need glasses or a new pescription
2007-08-12 00:53:03 · answer #10 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋