Crunch vs. Scrunch — What's the Difference?

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

To crush or crunch.

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

To crumple or squeeze; hunch

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

To hunch

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

To move with or make a crunching sound

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

A crunching sound.

To chew with a noisy crackling sound.

(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

To crush, grind, or tread noisily.

(with object "one's face") To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.

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

A crunching noise.

To chew noisily with a crackling sound

To scranch; to crunch.

To move with a crushing sound

A crunching noise

To produce or emit a crushing sound.

Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

The act or sound of crunching.

Sit on one's heels;

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

Make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;

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;