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Fracking vs Cracking - What's the difference?

fracking | cracking |

As nouns the difference between fracking and cracking

is that fracking is hydraulic fracturing while cracking is the thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.

As adjectives the difference between fracking and cracking

is that fracking is fucking while cracking is great.

As an adverb cracking is

very, usually associated with praise.

As a verb cracking is

present participle of lang=en.

fracking

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia fracking)
  • (oil drilling) Hydraulic fracturing.
  • * 2010 , Andrew Chung, " Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale," Toronto Star , 25 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):
    • Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Fucking.
  • * {{quote-book, 1991, James Whitehead, Joiner, page=79, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=hl1YoavrXGYC&pg=PA79, isbn=1557282048
    • , passage=He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter. }}
  • * {{quote-news, 2006, January, , Best Pentium Chipset, Maximum PC citation
    • , passage=As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Jose Armando Perez, Betrayed? An Unscheduled Rendezvous, page=68, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=9FFGE2IE89AC&pg=RA1-PA68
    • , passage=It was a fracking nightmare.}}

    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