different between cracking vs splitting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?æk??/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Noun

cracking (plural crackings)

1. (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
2. The formation of cracks on a surface.
3. The production of a crack sound.

   the crackings of whips

Translations

Adjective

cracking

1. That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
2. (colloquial) Great.

3. (colloquial) Enjoyable.

Translations

Adverb

cracking (not comparable)

1. (Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.

   It was a cracking good show.

Verb

cracking

1. present participle of crack

Derived terms

• get cracking

English

Noun

splitting (plural splittings)

1. An instance where something splits.
2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
   • 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin 2008, p. 308:

     In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.

3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Derived terms

• fee splitting

Translations

Adjective

splitting (comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting)

1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
2. Very rapid.

   They moved at a splitting pace.

3. Severely painful.

   I have a splitting headache.

Verb

splitting

1. present participle of split

Anagrams

• spittling