Fizz vs Crackle - What's the difference?
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An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
The sound of such an emission.
A carbonated beverage.
To emit bubbles.
To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
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To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.
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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.
To make a fizzing, popping sound.
* Dryden
In intransitive terms the difference between fizz and crackle
is that fizz is to shoot or project something moving at great velocity while crackle is to make a fizzing, popping sound.fizz
English
Noun
(es)- I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.
- Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.
- Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.
Synonyms
* (emission of bubbles) effervescence, foam, froth, head * (sound of bubbles) bubble, fizzle, hiss, sputter * (carbonated beverage) pop, seltzer, soda, tonicVerb
- the fizzing fuse of a bomb
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Synonyms
* (emit bubbles) bubble, effervesce, foam, froth * (make bubbling sound) fizzle, hiss, sizzle, sputterDerived terms
* fizzycrackle
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cracklewareVerb
(crackl)- a crackling fire
- the unknown ice that crackles underneath them