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
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Blast as a noun:
A violent gust of wind.
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Blast as a noun:
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
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Blast as a noun:
A hit from a pipe.
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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"
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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.
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Blast as a noun:
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
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Blast as a noun:
An explosive charge for blasting.
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Blast as a noun:
A loud, sudden sound.
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Blast as a noun:
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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Blast as a noun (figuratively, informal):
A good time; an enjoyable moment.
Examples:
"We had a blast at the party last night."
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Blast as a noun (marketing):
A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
Examples:
"an e-mail blast; a fax blast"
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Blast as a noun:
A flatulent disease of sheep.
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To confound by a loud blast or din.
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Blast as a verb (intransitive):
To make a loud noise.
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
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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."
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To curse; to damn.
Examples:
"Blast it! Foiled again."
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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."
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Blast as a verb (soccer):
To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
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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."
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Blast as a verb (transitive):
To blight or wither.
Examples:
"A cold wind blasted the rose plants."
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Blast as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be blighted or withered.
Examples:
"The bud blasted in the blossom."
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Blast as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To blow, for example on a trumpet.
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Blast as a noun (cytology):
An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
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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).
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Explode as a verb (transitive):
To destroy with an explosion.
Examples:
"The [[assassin]] exploded the car by means of a car bomb."
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Explode as a verb (transitive):
To destroy violently or abruptly.
Examples:
"They sought to explode the myth."
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Explode as a verb (transitive):
To create an exploded view of.
Examples:
"Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible."
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Explode as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To disprove or debunk.
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Explode as a verb (intransitive):
To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
Examples:
"The bomb explodes."
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Explode as a verb (figuratively, intransitive):
To make a violent or emotional outburst.
Examples:
"She exploded when I criticised her hat."
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Explode as a verb (computing, programming, [[PHP]]):
To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
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Explode as a verb (transitive, computing):
To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.