Crickets vs Cicadas - What's the difference?
crickets | cicadas |
(US slang, humorous) Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.
As nouns the difference between crickets and cicadas
is that crickets is while cicadas is .crickets
English
Noun
(head)- Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets .
- We asked for an explanation, but all we heard was the sound of crickets .