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Crackling vs Crepitant - What's the difference?

crackling | crepitant |

As verbs the difference between crackling and crepitant

is that crackling is while crepitant is .

As a noun crackling

is (cookery) fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.

As an adjective crepitant is

crackling.

crackling

English

Noun

  • (cookery) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.
  • * Lamb
    • For the first time in his life he tasted crackling .
  • The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
    • the bangs and cracklings of fireworks

    Verb

    (head)

    • crepitant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • crackling; rattling
    • Pneumonia is often characterized by crepitant rales coming from within the patient's chest

    Related terms

    * crepitate * crepitation ----