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Chuckle vs Crackle - What's the difference?

chuckle | crackle |

As nouns the difference between chuckle and crackle

is that chuckle is a quiet laugh while crackle is a fizzing, popping sound.

As verbs the difference between chuckle and crackle

is that chuckle is to laugh quietly or inwardly while crackle is to make a fizzing, popping sound.

chuckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quiet laugh.

    • Synonyms

    * chortle * giggle * snigger * titter

    Verb

  • To laugh quietly or inwardly.
  • (archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
  • (archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
    • (Dryden)
  • (archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
    • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    crackle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fizzing, popping sound.
  • (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
  • (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.

    • Derived terms

    * crackleware

    Verb

    (crackl)
  • To make a fizzing, popping sound.
    • a crackling fire
  • * Dryden
    • the unknown ice that crackles underneath them

    Derived terms

    * crackling

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias