Crack vs. Jagged — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Crack and Jagged
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Definitions
Crack➦
To break without complete separation of parts
The mirror cracked.
Jagged➦
Jagged is the fifteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, his first original album in over five years, following Pure in 2000. Stylistically Jagged was a development of its predecessor's chorus-driven, anthemic industrial sound, utilising heavier electronics and more prominent live drumming.
Crack➦
To break or snap apart
The branch cracked off and fell.
Jagged➦
Marked by irregular projections and indentations on the edge or surface
The jagged edge of the broken window.
Crack➦
To make a sharp snapping sound
His knees cracked as he sat down.
Jagged➦
Having a rough or harsh quality
"not a stutter exactly but a jagged sound, as if the words were being broken off from some other, stronger current of words deep inside" (Anne Tyler).
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Crack➦
To break down; fail
The defendant's composure finally began to crack.
Jagged➦
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
Crack➦
To have a mental or physical breakdown
Cracked under the pressure.
Jagged➦
Having a rough quality.
Crack➦
To change sharply in pitch or timbre, as from hoarseness or emotion. Used of the voice.
Jagged➦
(computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
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Crack➦
To move or go rapidly
Was cracking along at 70 miles an hour.
Jagged➦
Simple past tense and past participle of jag
Crack➦
(Chemistry) To break into simpler molecules, often by means of heat or a catalyst.
Jagged➦
Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
Crack➦
To cause to break without complete separation of parts
The pebble cracked the car's windshield.
Jagged➦
Having a sharply uneven surface or outline;
The jagged outline of the crags
Scraggy cliffs
Crack➦
To cause to break with a sharp snapping sound
Crack nuts.
Jagged➦
Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
Crack➦
To crush (corn or wheat, for example) into small pieces.
Crack➦
To strike, especially with a sharp sound
Cracked the intruder over the head with a lamp.
Crack➦
To cause to come into forceful contact with something, especially with a sharp sound
Fell and cracked his head against the floor.
Crack➦
To open to a slight extent
Crack a window to let in some air.
Crack➦
To break open or into
Crack a safe.
Crack➦
To open up for use or consumption
Crack a book.
Cracked a beer.
Crack➦
To break through (an obstacle) in order to win acceptance or acknowledgment
Finally cracked the "men-only" rule at the club.
Crack➦
To discover the solution to, especially after considerable effort
Crack a code.
Crack➦
To cause (the voice) to crack.
Crack➦
(Informal) To tell (a joke), especially on impulse or in an effective manner.
Crack➦
To cause to have a mental or physical breakdown.
Crack➦
To impair or destroy
Their rude remarks cracked his equanimity.
Crack➦
To reduce (petroleum) to simpler compounds by cracking.
Crack➦
A partial split or break; a fissure
Cracks in the basement wall.
Crack➦
A slight narrow space
The window was open a crack.
Crack➦
(Informal) The fissure between the buttocks.
Crack➦
A defect or flaw
Cracks in the argument.
A crack in his composure.
Crack➦
A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.
Crack➦
A sharp resounding blow
Gave him a crack on the head.
Crack➦
A breaking, harshly dissonant vocal tone or sound, as in hoarseness.
Crack➦
An attempt or try
Gave him a crack at the job.
Took a crack at photography.
Crack➦
A witty or sarcastic remark.
Crack➦
A moment; an instant
At the crack of dawn.
Crack➦
(Irish) Fun had when socializing; social amusement.
Crack➦
(Slang) Crack cocaine.
Crack➦
Excelling in skill or achievement; first-rate
A crack shot.
A crack tennis player.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To form cracks.
It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
Crack➦
To change rapidly in register.
His voice cracked with emotion.
Crack➦
To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
Crack➦
(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
Crack➦
To realize that one is transgender.
She cracked at age 22 and came out to her friends and family over the next few months.
Crack➦
(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
The ball cracked the window.
Crack➦
(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
Crack➦
(transitive) To strike forcefully.
She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
Crack➦
(transitive) To open slightly.
Could you please crack the window?
Crack➦
To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
They managed to crack him on the third day.
Crack➦
To solve a difficult problem.
I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
Crack➦
(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.
They finally cracked the code.
Crack➦
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
To crack a whip
Crack➦
(transitive) To tell (a joke).
The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.
Crack➦
To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.
Crack➦
To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
Crack➦
To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
I'd love to crack open a beer.
Let's crack a tube and watch the game.
Crack➦
(obsolete) To brag; to boast.
Crack➦
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Crack➦
(colloquial) To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
An underground band that never cracked the Hot 100
Crack➦
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A large crack had formed in the roadway.
Crack➦
A narrow opening.
We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
Open the door a crack.
Crack➦
A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
Crack➦
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
Crack head
Crack➦
Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
Crack➦
(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
Crack➦
(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
Crack➦
A sharp, resounding blow.
Crack➦
(informal) An attempt at something.
I'd like to take a crack at that game.
Crack➦
Vagina.
Crack➦
(informal) The space between the buttocks.
Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
Crack➦
Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
The party was great crack.
Crack➦
Business; events; news.
What's the crack?
What's this crack about a possible merger?
Crack➦
(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?
Crack➦
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.
Crack➦
A meaningful chat.
Crack➦
(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
Crack➦
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
Crack➦
(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
He has a crack.
Crack➦
(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
Crack➦
(obsolete) A boast; boasting.
Crack➦
(obsolete) Breach of chastity.
Crack➦
(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
Crack➦
A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
I'll be with you in a crack.
Crack➦
(obsolete) One who excels; the best.
Crack➦
Highly trained and competent.
Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
Crack➦
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
She's a crack shot with that rifle.
Crack➦
To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
Crack➦
To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
O, madam, my old heart is cracked.
He thought none poets till their brains were cracked.
Crack➦
To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
Crack➦
To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
Crack➦
To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.
Crack➦
To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
By misfortune it cracked in the coling.
The mirror cracked from side to side.
Crack➦
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out.
Crack➦
To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.
Crack➦
To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.
Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack.
Crack➦
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.
Crack➦
Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw.
Crack➦
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.
Will the stretch out to the crack of doom?
Crack➦
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
Though now our voicesHave got the mannish crack.
Crack➦
Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
Crack➦
A crazy or crack-brained person.
I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
Crack➦
A boast; boasting.
Crack➦
Breach of chastity.
Crack➦
A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.
Crack➦
A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
Crack➦
Free conversation; friendly chat.
What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it.
Crack➦
A witty remark; a wisecrack.
Crack➦
A chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.
Crack➦
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.
Crack➦
Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.
One of our crack speakers in the Commons.
Crack➦
A long narrow opening
Crack➦
A narrow opening;
He opened the window a crack
Crack➦
A long narrow depression in a surface
Crack➦
A sudden sharp noise;
The crack of a whip
He heard the cracking of the ice
He can hear the snap of a twig
Crack➦
A chance to do something;
He wanted a shot at the champion
Crack➦
Witty remark
Crack➦
A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;
There was a crack in the mirror
Crack➦
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
Crack➦
A usually brief attempt;
He took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl
Crack➦
The act of cracking something
Crack➦
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
The glass cracked when it was heated
Crack➦
Make a very sharp explosive sound;
His gun cracked
Crack➦
Make a sharp sound;
His fingers snapped
Crack➦
Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
Crack➦
Pass through (a barrier);
Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
Crack➦
Break partially but keep its integrity;
The glass cracked
Crack➦
Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;
The rope snapped
Crack➦
Suffer a nervous breakdown
Crack➦
Tell spontaneously;
Crack a joke
Crack➦
Cause to become cracked;
Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
Crack➦
Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
Crack➦
Break into simpler molecules by means of heat;
The petroleum cracked
Crack➦
Of the highest quality;
An ace reporter
A crack shot
A first-rate golfer
A super party
Played top-notch tennis
An athlete in tiptop condition
She is absolutely tops