Crash vs. Collision
Crashnoun
A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
Crashnoun
An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
Crashnoun
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
Crashnoun
A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Crashnoun
A comedown of a drug.
Crashnoun
A group of rhinoceroses.
Crashnoun
dysphoria
Crashnoun
(fibre) A type of rough linen.
Crashadjective
Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
Crashverb
(transitive) To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
Crashverb
(transitive) To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
Crashverb
(via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
Crashverb
To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
Crashverb
To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Crashverb
(slang) To give, as a favor.
Crashverb
(slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
Crashverb
To terminate extraordinarily.
Crashverb
To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
Crashverb
(intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
Crashverb
(transitive) To hit or strike with force
Crashverb
To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
Crashverb
To make a sudden loud noise.
Crashverb
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Crashverb
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
Crashverb
To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
Crashnoun
A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
Crashnoun
Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
Crashnoun
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
Crashnoun
a loud resonant repeating noise;
Crashnoun
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
Crashnoun
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Crashnoun
the act of colliding with something;
Crashnoun
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative;
Crashverb
fall or come down violently;
Crashverb
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise;
Crashverb
undergo damage or destruction on impact;
Crashverb
move violently as through a barrier;
Crashverb
break violently or noisily; smash;
Crashverb
occupy, usually uninvited;
Crashverb
enter uninvited; informal;
Crashverb
cause to crash;
Crashverb
hurl or thrust violently;
Crashverb
undergo a sudden and severe downturn;
Crashverb
stop operating;
Crashverb
sleep in a convenient place;
Collisionnoun
An instance of colliding.
Collisionnoun
(compilation) naming collision
Collisionnoun
The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
Collisionnoun
A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
Collisionnoun
(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together;
Collisionnoun
an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object;
Collisionnoun
a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals;
Collision
In physics, a collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. Although the most common use of the word collision refers to incidents in which two or more objects collide with great force, the scientific use of the term implies nothing about the magnitude of the force.
