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Cracking vs Breaking - What's the difference?

cracking | breaking |

As nouns the difference between cracking and breaking

is that cracking is the thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline while breaking is the act by which something is broken.

As verbs the difference between cracking and breaking

is that cracking is present participle of lang=en while breaking is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective cracking

is great.

As an adverb cracking

is very, usually associated with praise.

cracking

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Great
    • The race started at a cracking pace.
  • Enjoyable.
    • We had a cracking time.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (British) Very, usually associated with praise.
    • It was a cracking good show.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * get cracking

    breaking

    English

    (wikipedia breaking)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The act by which something is broken.
  • * 2009 , John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation (page 53)
    • We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation
  • (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong
  • (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones
  • break dancing
  • * 2014 , Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond (page 48)
    • The urban dance genre includes breaking , waacking, and house dancing, among others.

    Derived terms

    * aerobreaking

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