Burst vs Cracking - What's the difference?
burst | cracking | Synonyms |
An instance of, or the act of bursting .
A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
To break from internal pressure.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To cause to break from internal pressure.
(obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
* Shakespeare
* Fairfax
To separate formfeed at perforation lines.
To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
* 1913 , (Mariano Azuela), The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
To produce as an effect of bursting.
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface
Great
Enjoyable.
(British) Very, usually associated with praise.
Burst is a synonym of cracking.
As nouns the difference between burst and cracking
is that burst is an instance of, or the act of bursting while cracking is (chemistry) the thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.As verbs the difference between burst and cracking
is that burst is to break from internal pressure while cracking is .As an adjective cracking is
great.As an adverb cracking is
(british) very, usually associated with praise.burst
English
(wikipedia burst)Noun
(en noun)- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
Derived terms
* cloudburstVerb
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- You will not pay for the glasses you have burst ?
- He burst his lance against the sand below.
- He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
- Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
- to burst a hole through the wall
Quotations
* (English Citations of "burst")Derived terms
* burst forth * burst into flame * burst out * burst someone's bubblecracking
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- The race started at a cracking pace.
- We had a cracking time.
Adverb
(-)- It was a cracking good show.