Buzz vs. Crackle — What's the Difference?

To make a low droning or vibrating sound like that of a bee.

To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises

To talk, often excitedly, in low tones.

To show liveliness, energy, or intensity

To be abuzz; hum

To become covered with a network of fine cracks; craze.

To move quickly and busily; bustle.

To crush (paper, for example) with sharp snapping sounds.

To make a signal with a buzzer.

To cause (china, for example) to become covered with a network of fine cracks.

To cause to buzz.

The act or sound of crackling.

To utter in a rapid, low voice

A network of fine cracks on the surface of glazed pottery, china, or glassware.

(Informal) To fly low over

Crackleware.

To call or signal with a buzzer.

A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.

To make a telephone call to.

(pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.

To give a buzzcut to.

(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.

A vibrating, humming, or droning sound.

Syn of crackling

A low murmur

(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.

A telephone call

Misspelling of cackle

A state of pleasant intoxication, as from alcohol.

To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

A state of stimulation or overstimulation, as from caffeine.

The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

Excited interest or attention

A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.

Rumor; gossip

A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

A buzzcut.

The sharp sound of snapping noises

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface

A whisper.

Make a crackling sound;

The audible friction of voiced consonants.

Make crunching noises;

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

To become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks;

(informal) A telephone call or e-mail.

Having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware;

(informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

(uncountable) fizz-buzz

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

(by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.

To fly while making such a sound.

(colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

(transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

(transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

To drink to the bottom.

(transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

To sound forth by buzzing.

To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

To sound with a "buzz".

A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation.

A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

The audible friction of voice consonants.

Sound of rapid vibration;

A confusion of activity and gossip;

Make a buzzing sound;

Fly low;

Be noisy with activity;

Call with a buzzer;