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Crisp vs. Crunch — What's the Difference?

Crisp vs. Crunch — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Crisp and Crunch

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Crisp

(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle
Crisp bacon
The snow is lovely and crisp

Crunch

Crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound
She paused to crunch a ginger biscuit

Crisp

(of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating
A crisp autumn day

Crunch

(especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information)
The program crunches data from 14,000 sensors to decipher evolving patterns

Crisp

(of a way of speaking) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail
Her answer was crisp
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Crunch

A loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed
Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch

Crisp

A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.
Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps

Crunch

A crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made
When it comes to the crunch you chicken out

Crisp

A dessert of fruit baked with a crunchy topping of brown sugar, butter, and flour
Rhubarb crisp

Crunch

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

Crisp

Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill
Crisp the pitta in the oven

Crunch

To chew with a noisy crackling sound.

Crisp

Curl (something) into short, stiff, wavy folds or crinkles
There is a cooling breeze which crisps the broad clear river

Crunch

To crush, grind, or tread noisily.

Crisp

Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
Crisp potato chips.

Crunch

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

Crisp

Pleasingly firm and fresh
Crisp carrot and celery sticks.

Crunch

To chew noisily with a crackling sound
Crunching on celery.

Crisp

Bracing; invigorating
Crisp mountain air.

Crunch

To move with a crushing sound
Crunching through the snow.

Crisp

Lively; sprightly
Music with a crisp rhythm.

Crunch

To produce or emit a crushing sound.

Crisp

Conspicuously clean or new
A crisp dollar bill.

Crunch

The act or sound of crunching.

Crisp

Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness
A crisp reply.

Crunch

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

Crisp

Having small curls, waves, or ripples. Used of hair.

Crunch

A decisive confrontation.

Crisp

To make or keep crisp.

Crunch

A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources
A year-end crunch.
An energy crunch.

Crisp

To become or remain crisp.

Crunch

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

Crisp

Something crisp or easily crumbled
The roast was burned to a crisp.

Crunch

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.

Crisp

A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping
Apple crisp.

Crunch

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.

Crisp

Chiefly British A potato chip.

Crunch

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.

Crisp

(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
This new television set has a very crisp image.

Crunch

To grind or press with violence and noise.

Crisp

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
The crisp snow crunched underfoot.

Crunch

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

Crisp

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.

Crunch

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

Crisp

(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.

Crunch

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

Crisp

(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.

Crunch

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

Crisp

(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.

Crunch

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

Crisp

(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

Crunch

A critical moment or event.

Crisp

(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.

Crunch

A problem that leads to a crisis.

Crisp

(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
Crisp hair

Crunch

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

Crisp

(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.

Crunch

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

Crisp

(comptheory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.

Crunch

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

Crisp

(British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

Crunch

The symbol #.

Crisp

A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

Crunch

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

Crisp

(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
Kale crisps

Crunch

(slang) A shortage.

Crisp

(transitive) To make crisp.
To crisp bacon by frying it

Crunch

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull.

Crisp

(intransitive) To become crisp.
To put celery into ice water to crisp

Crunch

To grind or press with violence and noise.
The ship crunched through the ice.

Crisp

To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).

Crunch

To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
The crunching and ratting of the loose stones.

Crisp

To become curled.

Crunch

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

Crisp

To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.

Crunch

The sound of something crunching;
He heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path

Crisp

To undulate or ripple.

Crunch

A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);
An end-of-the year crunch
A financial crunch

Crisp

To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).

Crunch

The act of crushing

Crisp

To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).

Crunch

Make crunching noises;
His shoes were crunching on the gravel

Crisp

To interweave (of the branches of trees).

Crunch

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Crisp

To make a sharp or harsh sound.

Crunch

Chew noisily;
The children crunched the celery sticks

Crisp

To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).

Crunch

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
Grind the spices in a mortar
Mash the garlic

Crisp

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

Crisp

Curled with the ripple of the water.
You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels.

Crisp

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
The cakes at tea ate short and crisp.

Crisp

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.

Crisp

Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Your neat crisp claret.

Crisp

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
The snug, small room, and the crisp fire.

Crisp

To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

Crisp

To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
The lover with the myrtle spraysAdorns his crisped tresses.
Along the crisped shades and bowers.
The crisped brooks,Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold.

Crisp

To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.

Crisp

That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

Crisp

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Crisp

Make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;
The dress got wrinkled

Crisp

Make brown and crisp by heating;
Toast bread
Crisp potatoes

Crisp

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;
A sharp photographic image
The sharp crack of a twig
The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot

Crisp

Tender and brittle;
Crisp potato chips

Crisp

Pleasantly cold and invigorating;
Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
A nipping wind
A nippy fall day
Snappy weather

Crisp

Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed;
Crisp carrot and celery sticks
A firm apple
Crunchy lettuce

Crisp

In small tight curls

Crisp

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
A crisp retort
A response so curt as to be almost rude
The laconic reply; `yes'
Short and terse and easy to understand

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