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Crepitating vs Crepitation - What's the difference?

crepitating | crepitation |

crepitating

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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.

    • Related terms

    * crepitate * crepitant