Crunch vs. Krackel — What's the Difference?

Crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound

Krackel is a chocolate bar with crisped rice pieces made by The Hershey Company and first introduced on September 14, 1938.

(especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information)

A loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed

A crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made

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

To chew with a noisy crackling sound.

To crush, grind, or tread noisily.

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

To chew noisily with a crackling sound

To move with a crushing sound

To produce or emit a crushing sound.

The act or sound of crunching.

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

A decisive confrontation.

A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources

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

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

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

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

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

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

A critical moment or event.

A problem that leads to a crisis.

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

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

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

The symbol #.

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

(slang) A shortage.

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

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

The sound of something crunching;

A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);

The act of crushing

Make crunching noises;

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Chew noisily;

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;