Chuckle vs Crackle - What's the difference?
chuckle | crackle |
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.
(archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
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.
To make a fizzing, popping sound.
* Dryden
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
Synonyms
* chortle * giggle * snigger * titterVerb
- (Dryden)
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Synonyms
* See alsocrackle
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cracklewareVerb
(crackl)- a crackling fire
- the unknown ice that crackles underneath them