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Crepitate vs Crepitation - What's the difference?

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Crepitation is a related term of crepitate.

Crepitation is a derived term of crepitate.



As a verb crepitate

is to crackle, to make a crackling sound.

As a noun crepitation is

the act of crepitating or crackling.

crepitate

English

Verb

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

    * crepitant * crepitation

    crepitation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of crepitating or crackling.
  • * 1923 ,
  • Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.
  • A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
  • A crepitant rale.