different between rustle vs crunch

English

Etymology

From Middle English rustelen, russelen, of uncertain origin, but probably from Old English hr?xlian, hristlan, hrystlan, hristlian (“to make a noise”). Compare also Scots reesle (“to crackle; rattle; rustle”), West Frisian risselje, Dutch ritselen (“to rustle”), German rascheln (“to rustle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l
• Homophone: Russell

Noun

rustle (plural rustles)

1. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
2. A movement producing such a sound.

Translations

Verb

rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles, present participle rustling, simple past and past participle rustled)

1. (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]

     The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle, and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."

2. (transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.

   Synonym: rustle up

   • 1921, William M. McCoy, The Valley of the Sun (page 48)

     When at last the lumber was piled again in its rightful place, and the boxes of food had been returned to the shelter from which they had been stolen, the two friends rustled a meal, and then set off on horseback […]

3. (transitive) To steal (cattle or other livestock).

Translations

Derived terms

• rustler
• rustle up

See also

• abigeat

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, result, rulest, sutler, truels, ulster

English

Etymology

From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k??nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

crunch (third-person singular simple present crunches, present participle crunching, simple past and past participle crunched)

1. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, The Siege of Corinth:

     And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,

2. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

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

4. To grind or press with violence and noise.
5. To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
   • 1849, Henry James, Confidence

     There were sounds in the air above his head – sounds of the crunching and rattling of the loose, smooth stones as his neighbors moved about […]

6. (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
   • 1993, "Michael Barsoom", [comp.sys.amiga.announce] PackIt Announcement (on newsgroup comp.archives)

     PackIt will not crunch executables, unless told to do so.

7. (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Derived terms

• cruncher

Translations

Noun

crunch (plural crunches)

1. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
2. A critical moment or event.
   • 1985, John C. L. Gibson, Job (page 237)

     The friends, on the contrary, argue that Job does not "know", that only God knows; yet, when it comes to the crunch, they themselves seem to know as much as God knows: for example, that Job is a guilty sinner.

3. A problem that leads to a crisis.
4. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
5. (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
6. A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

   Synonyms: crisp, crumble

7. (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
8. (India, slang) A shortage.

Coordinate terms

• (abdominal exercise): sit-up, trunk curl

Derived terms

• credit crunch
• crunch time
• crunchy
• reverse crunch
• scrunch

Translations

Spanish

Noun

crunch m (plural crunches)

1. crunch (exercise)