Difference between Crackle and Crepitation

What is the difference between Crackle and Crepitation?

Crackle as a noun is a fizzing, popping sound. while Crepitation as a noun is the act of crepitating or crackling.

Crackle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a fizzing, popping sound.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fizzing, popping sound. A style of glaze used in pottery giving the impression of many small cracks. 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.

Crepitation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of crepitating or crackling.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.

We hope you now know whether to use Crackle or Crepitation in your sentence.

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