crackle vs sibilant

crackle

noun
  • A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound. 

  • Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”) 

  • A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks. 

  • The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce. 

verb
  • To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping. 

sibilant

noun
  • A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

adj
  • Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

How often have the words crackle and sibilant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )