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Crackle vs Crepitate - What's the difference?

crackle | crepitate |

As verbs the difference between crackle and crepitate

is that crackle is to make a fizzing, popping sound while crepitate is to crackle, to make a crackling sound.

As a noun crackle

is a fizzing, popping sound.

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

    crepitate

    English

    Verb

    (crepitat)
  • To crackle, to make a crackling sound.

    • Derived terms

    * crepitant * crepitation

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