The difference between Blast and Explode

When used as verbs, blast means to confound by a loud blast or din, whereas explode means to destroy with an explosion.


Blast is also interjection with the meaning: to show displeasure.

Blast is also noun with the meaning: a violent gust of wind.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blast and Explode

  1. Blast as a noun:

    A violent gust of wind.

  2. Blast as a noun:

    A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.

  3. Blast as a noun:

    A hit from a pipe.

  4. Blast as a noun:

    The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace

    Examples:

    "many tons of iron were melted at a blast"

  5. Blast as a noun:

    The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

  6. Blast as a noun:

    An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.

  7. Blast as a noun:

    An explosive charge for blasting.

  8. Blast as a noun:

    A loud, sudden sound.

  9. Blast as a noun:

    A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

  10. Blast as a noun (figuratively, informal):

    A good time; an enjoyable moment.

    Examples:

    "We had a blast at the party last night."

  11. Blast as a noun (marketing):

    A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.

    Examples:

    "an e-mail blast; a fax blast"

  12. Blast as a noun:

    A flatulent disease of sheep.

  1. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To confound by a loud blast or din.

  2. Blast as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a loud noise.

  3. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To shatter, as if by an explosion.

  4. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

    Examples:

    "Blast right through it."

  5. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To curse; to damn.

    Examples:

    "Blast it! Foiled again."

  6. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

    Examples:

    "Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle."

  7. Blast as a verb (soccer):

    To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.

  8. Blast as a verb:

    To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

    Examples:

    "My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time."

  9. Blast as a verb (transitive):

    To blight or wither.

    Examples:

    "A cold wind blasted the rose plants."

  10. Blast as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To be blighted or withered.

    Examples:

    "The bud blasted in the blossom."

  11. Blast as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To blow, for example on a trumpet.

  1. Blast as a noun (cytology):

    An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

  1. Blast as a verb (biology, informal, transitive):

    To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

  1. Explode as a verb (transitive):

    To destroy with an explosion.

    Examples:

    "The [[assassin]] exploded the car by means of a car bomb."

  2. Explode as a verb (transitive):

    To destroy violently or abruptly.

    Examples:

    "They sought to explode the myth."

  3. Explode as a verb (transitive):

    To create an exploded view of.

    Examples:

    "Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible."

  4. Explode as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To disprove or debunk.

  5. Explode as a verb (intransitive):

    To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

    Examples:

    "The bomb explodes."

  6. Explode as a verb (figuratively, intransitive):

    To make a violent or emotional outburst.

    Examples:

    "She exploded when I criticised her hat."

  7. Explode as a verb (computing, programming, [[PHP]]):

    To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

  8. Explode as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

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