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Grackle vs Crackle - What's the difference?

grackle | crackle |

As nouns the difference between grackle and crackle

is that grackle is any of several american blackbirds of the genus quiscalus having iridescent plumage while crackle is a fizzing, popping sound.

As a verb crackle is

to make a fizzing, popping sound.

grackle

English

(wikipedia grackle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus having iridescent plumage
  • Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula

    • Derived terms

    * boat-tailed grackle * Carib grackle * common grackle * golden-tufted grackle * greater Antillean grackle * great-tailed grackle * mountain grackle * Nicaraguan grackle * red-bellied grackle * slender-billed grackle * velvet-fronted grackle

    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