The difference between Crack and Jest

When used as nouns, crack means a thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material, whereas jest means an act performed for amusement.

When used as verbs, crack means to form cracks, whereas jest means to tell a joke.


Crack is also adjective with the meaning: highly trained and competent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crack and Jest

  1. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To form cracks.

    Examples:

    "It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack."

  2. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To break apart under pressure.

    Examples:

    "When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked."

  3. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

    Examples:

    "Anyone would crack after being hounded like that."

  4. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

    Examples:

    "When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked."

  5. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a cracking sound.

    Examples:

    "The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six."

  6. Crack as a verb (intransitive, of a voice):

    To change rapidly in register.

    Examples:

    "His voice cracked with emotion."

  7. Crack as a verb (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice):

    To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

    Examples:

    "His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen."

  8. Crack as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a sharply humorous comment.

    Examples:

    "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked."

  9. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To make a crack or cracks in.

    Examples:

    "The ball cracked the window."

  10. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

    Examples:

    "You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut."

  11. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To strike forcefully.

    Examples:

    "She cracked him over the head with her handbag."

  12. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To open slightly.

    Examples:

    "Could you please crack the window?"

  13. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

    Examples:

    "They managed to crack him on the third day."

  14. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To solve a difficult problem.

    Examples:

    "I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight."

  15. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To overcome a security system or a component.

    Examples:

    "It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe."

    "They finally cracked the code."

  16. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to make a sharp sound.

    Examples:

    "to crack a whip"

  17. Crack as a verb (transitive):

    To tell (a joke).

    Examples:

    "The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke."

  18. Crack as a verb (transitive, chemistry, informal):

    To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

    Examples:

    "Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C."

  19. Crack as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

    Examples:

    "That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it."

  20. Crack as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

    Examples:

    "I'd love to crack open a beer."

    "Let's crack a [[tube]] and watch the game."

  21. Crack as a verb (obsolete):

    To brag, boast.

  22. Crack as a verb (archaic, colloquial):

    To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

  1. Crack as a noun:

    A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

    Examples:

    "A large crack had formed in the roadway."

  2. Crack as a noun:

    A narrow opening.

    Examples:

    "We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall."

    "Open the door a crack."

  3. Crack as a noun:

    A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

    Examples:

    "I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle."

  4. Crack as a noun:

    A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

  5. Crack as a noun (onomatopoeia):

    The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

    Examples:

    "The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles."

  6. Crack as a noun (onomatopoeia):

    Any sharp sound.

    Examples:

    "The crack of the bat hitting the ball."

  7. Crack as a noun (informal):

    An attempt at something.

    Examples:

    "I'd like to take a crack at that game."

  8. Crack as a noun (vulgar, slang):

    Vagina.

    Examples:

    "I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!"

  9. Crack as a noun (informal):

    The space between the buttocks.

    Examples:

    "Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing."

  10. Crack as a noun (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland):

    Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

    Examples:

    "The crack was good."

    "That was good crack."

    "He/she is quare good crack."

    "The party was great crack."

  11. Crack as a noun (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland):

    Business; events; news.

    Examples:

    "What's the crack?"

    "What's this crack about a possible merger."

  12. Crack as a noun (computing):

    A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

    Examples:

    "Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?"

  13. Crack as a noun (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK):

    a meaningful chat.

  14. Crack as a noun (Internet slang):

    Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

  15. Crack as a noun:

    The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

  16. Crack as a noun (archaic):

    A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

    Examples:

    "He has a crack."

  17. Crack as a noun (archaic):

    A crazy or crack-brained person.

  18. Crack as a noun (obsolete):

    A boast; boasting.

  19. Crack as a noun (obsolete):

    Breach of chastity.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  20. Crack as a noun (obsolete):

    A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

  21. Crack as a noun (slang, dated, UK):

    A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

    Examples:

    "I'll be with you in a crack."

  1. Crack as an adjective:

    Highly trained and competent.

    Examples:

    "Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case."

  2. Crack as an adjective:

    Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

    Examples:

    "She's a crack shot with that rifle."

  1. Jest as a noun (archaic):

    An act performed for amusement; a joke.

  2. Jest as a noun (archaic):

    Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

    Examples:

    "Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court."

  3. Jest as a noun (obsolete):

    A deed; an action; a gest.

  4. Jest as a noun (obsolete):

    A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Nares"

  1. Jest as a verb:

    To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

    Examples:

    "Surely you jest!"

  1. Jest as an adverb (AAVE, Southern US):