Crack vs. Snap — What's the Difference?

To break without complete separation of parts

Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound

To break or snap apart

(of an animal) make a sudden audible bite

To make a sharp snapping sound

Suddenly lose one's self-control

To break down; fail

Take a snapshot of

To have a mental or physical breakdown

Put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement

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

A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement

To move or go rapidly

A hurried, irritable tone or manner

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

A snapshot

To cause to break without complete separation of parts

A card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call ‘snap’ as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed.

To cause to break with a sharp snapping sound

A sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather

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

Food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break.

To strike, especially with a sharp sound

An easy task

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

A quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.

To open to a slight extent

A small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud

To break open or into

Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice

To open up for use or consumption

To make a brisk sharp cracking sound

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

To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.

To discover the solution to, especially after considerable effort

To give way abruptly under pressure or tension

To cause (the voice) to crack.

To suffer a physical or mental breakdown, especially while under stress

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

To bring the jaws briskly together, often with a clicking sound; bite.

To cause to have a mental or physical breakdown.

To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp

To impair or destroy

To speak abruptly or sharply

To reduce (petroleum) to simpler compounds by cracking.

To move swiftly and smartly

A partial split or break; a fissure

To flash or appear to flash light; sparkle

A slight narrow space

To open, close, or fit together with a click

(Informal) The fissure between the buttocks.

To snatch at with the teeth or mouth; bite

A defect or flaw

To pull apart or break with a snapping sound.

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

To utter abruptly or sharply

A sharp resounding blow

To cause to emit a snapping sound

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

To close or latch with a snapping sound

An attempt or try

To cause to move suddenly

A witty or sarcastic remark.

To take (a photograph).

A moment; an instant

To photograph

(Irish) Fun had when socializing; social amusement.

(Football) To pass (the ball) from the ground back between the legs to begin a down; hike.

(Slang) Crack cocaine.

A sudden sharp cracking sound or the action producing such a sound.

Excelling in skill or achievement; first-rate

A sudden breaking.

(intransitive) To form cracks.

A clasp, catch, or other fastening device that operates with a snapping sound.

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

A sudden attempt to bite, snatch, or grasp.

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

The sound produced by rapid movement of a finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb.

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

The act of producing this sound.

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

To change rapidly in register.

A thin, crisp, usually circular cookie

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

Capacity to make a snapping sound; elasticity

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

(Informal) Briskness, liveliness, or energy.

To realize that one is transgender.

A brief spell of brisk, cold weather.

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

Something accomplished without effort.

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

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

A sudden break.

(transitive) To open slightly.

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

To solve a difficult problem.

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

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

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

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

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

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

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

(obsolete) To brag; to boast.

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

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

(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

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

A small meal, a snack; lunch.

A narrow opening.

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

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

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

Something good-tasting or habit-forming.

Briskness; vigour; energy; decision

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

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

A sharp, resounding blow.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

(informal) An attempt at something.

Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

Vagina.

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

(colloquial) Something of no value.

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

(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

Business; events; news.

(Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.

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

(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

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 tool used by riveters.

A meaningful chat.

A tool used by glass-moulders.

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

A brief theatrical engagement.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

A cheat or sharper.

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

A newsflash.

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.

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

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.

A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

(obsolete) One who excels; the best.

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.

Highly trained and competent.

(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

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

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.

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

(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

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

To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

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

(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

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

(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

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

(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.

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

To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.

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

(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers.Alternative snapping techniqueTo snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

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.

(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

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.

To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

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

To misfire.

A crazy or crack-brained person.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

A boast; boasting.

The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.

Breach of chastity.

"I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

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

(North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

Free conversation; friendly chat.

Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

A witty remark; a wisecrack.

Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.

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

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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.

To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

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

To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

A long narrow opening

To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; - usually with up.

A narrow opening;

To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

A long narrow depression in a surface

To project with a snap.

A sudden sharp noise;

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

A chance to do something;

To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

Witty remark

To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

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

To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); - often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

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

To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; - often with at; as, to snap at a child.

A usually brief attempt;

To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

The act of cracking something

Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

Make a very sharp explosive sound;

A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

Make a sharp sound;

A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

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

A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

Pass through (a barrier);

A greedy fellow.

Break partially but keep its integrity;

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

A sudden severe interval or spell; - applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.

Suffer a nervous breakdown

A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

Tell spontaneously;

A snap beetle.

Cause to become cracked;

A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; - used chiefly in the plural.

Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.

Break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Of the highest quality;

Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.

A snap shot with a firearm.

A snapshot.

Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.

The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.

The act of catching an object with the hands;

A spell of cold weather;

Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

The noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

A sudden sharp noise;

A sudden breaking

The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed;

An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;

A fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

The act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back;

Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;

Separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Move or strike with a noise;

Snap close with a sound;

Make a sharp sound;

Move with a snapping sound;

To grasp hastily or eagerly;

Put in play with a snap;

Cause to make a snapping sound;

Lose control of one's emotions;

Record on photographic film;