Crackling vs. Crunch — What's the Difference?

The production of a succession of slight sharp snapping noises.

Crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound

Cracklings The crisp bits that remain after rendering fat from meat or frying or roasting the skin, especially of a pig or a goose.

(especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information)

Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens

A loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed

The crispy rind of roast pork.

A crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made

A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.

A physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up.

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

To chew with a noisy crackling sound.

Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

To crush, grind, or tread noisily.

Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.

(Slang) To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

To chew noisily with a crackling sound

Present participle of crackle

To move with a crushing sound

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

To produce or emit a crushing sound.

The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.

The act or sound of crunching.

Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

A modified sit-up having a smaller range of motion that reduces back strain and strengthens the abdominal muscles

The sharp sound of snapping noises

A decisive confrontation.

A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources

A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.

To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

A critical moment or event.

A problem that leads to a crisis.

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

The symbol #.

A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

(slang) A shortage.

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

The sound of something crunching;

A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);

The act of crushing

Make crunching noises;

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Chew noisily;

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;