Arse vs. Crack — What's the Difference?

A person's buttocks or anus.

To break without complete separation of parts

A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person.

To break or snap apart

Behave in a stupid way; waste time.

To make a sharp snapping sound

Make a botched attempt at something.

To break down; fail

Not want to do something because one has no interest in or enthusiasm for it.

To have a mental or physical breakdown

Variant of ass2.

To change sharply in pitch or timbre, as from hoarseness or emotion. Used of the voice.

The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

To move or go rapidly

A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.

(Chemistry) To break into simpler molecules, often by means of heat or a catalyst.

Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.

To cause to break without complete separation of parts

A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.

To cause to break with a sharp snapping sound

To be silly, act stupid or mess around.

To crush (corn or wheat, for example) into small pieces.

(Commonwealth) An expression of frustration.

To strike, especially with a sharp sound

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

To cause to come into forceful contact with something, especially with a sharp sound

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

To open to a slight extent

Excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal

To break open or into

To open up for use or consumption

To break through (an obstacle) in order to win acceptance or acknowledgment

To discover the solution to, especially after considerable effort

To cause (the voice) to crack.

(Informal) To tell (a joke), especially on impulse or in an effective manner.

To cause to have a mental or physical breakdown.

To impair or destroy

To reduce (petroleum) to simpler compounds by cracking.

A partial split or break; a fissure

A slight narrow space

(Informal) The fissure between the buttocks.

A defect or flaw

A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.

A sharp resounding blow

A breaking, harshly dissonant vocal tone or sound, as in hoarseness.

An attempt or try

A witty or sarcastic remark.

A moment; an instant

(Irish) Fun had when socializing; social amusement.

(Slang) Crack cocaine.

Excelling in skill or achievement; first-rate

(intransitive) To form cracks.

(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

To change rapidly in register.

To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

To realize that one is transgender.

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

(transitive) To open slightly.

To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.

To solve a difficult problem.

(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

(obsolete) To brag; to boast.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

(colloquial) To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

A narrow opening.

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

Something good-tasting or habit-forming.

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

A sharp, resounding blow.

(informal) An attempt at something.

Vagina.

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

Business; events; news.

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.

A meaningful chat.

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

(obsolete) One who excels; the best.

Highly trained and competent.

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

A crazy or crack-brained person.

A boast; boasting.

Breach of chastity.

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Free conversation; friendly chat.

A witty remark; a wisecrack.

A chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.

A form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; - also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder.

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.

A long narrow opening

A narrow opening;

A long narrow depression in a surface

A sudden sharp noise;

A chance to do something;

Witty remark

A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;

A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

A usually brief attempt;

The act of cracking something

Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

Make a very sharp explosive sound;

Make a sharp sound;

Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;

Pass through (a barrier);

Break partially but keep its integrity;

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Suffer a nervous breakdown

Tell spontaneously;

Cause to become cracked;

Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

Of the highest quality;