The difference between Frill and Ruffle
When used as nouns, frill means a strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim, whereas ruffle means any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
When used as verbs, frill means to make into a frill, whereas ruffle means to make a ruffle in.
check bellow for the other definitions of Frill and Ruffle
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Frill as a noun:
A strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim; a ruffle.
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Frill as a noun (photography):
A wrinkled edge to a film.
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Frill as a noun:
A luxury.
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Frill as a noun:
Something extraneous added for effect.
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Frill as a verb (transitive):
To make into a frill.
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Frill as a verb (intransitive):
To become wrinkled.
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Frill as a verb (transitive):
To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
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Frill as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To shake or shiver as with cold.
Examples:
"The hawk frills."
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Ruffle as a noun:
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
Examples:
"She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem."
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Ruffle as a noun:
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
Examples:
"to put the mind in a ruffle"
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Ruffle as a noun (military):
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
Examples:
"rfquotek H. L. Scott"
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Ruffle as a noun (zoology):
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
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Ruffle as a verb (transitive):
To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
Examples:
"Ruffle the end of the cuff."
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Ruffle as a verb (transitive):
To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
Examples:
"The wind ruffled the papers."
"Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure."
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Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
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Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):
To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):
To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
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Ruffle as a verb:
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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Ruffle as a verb:
To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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Ruffle as a verb (military):
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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Ruffle as a verb:
To throw together in a disorderly manner.