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Cracking vs Tracking - What's the difference?

cracking | tracking |

As nouns the difference between cracking and tracking

is that cracking is (chemistry) the thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline while tracking is the act by which something is tracked.

As verbs the difference between cracking and tracking

is that cracking is while tracking is .

As an adjective cracking

is great.

As an adverb cracking

is (british) 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

    tracking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is tracked.
  • * 1963 , Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art
    • In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention