The difference between Blow and Explode
When used as verbs, blow means to produce an air current, whereas explode means to destroy with an explosion.
Blow is also noun with the meaning: a strong wind.
Blow is also adjective with the meaning: blue.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blow and Explode
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Blow as an adjective (now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England):
Blue.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To produce an air current.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To propel by an air current.
Examples:
"Blow the dust off that book and open it up."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To be propelled by an air current.
Examples:
"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
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Blow as a verb:
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
Examples:
"to blow the fire"
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Blow as a verb:
To clear of contents by forcing air through.
Examples:
"to blow an egg"
"to blow one's nose"
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sound as the result of being blown.
Examples:
"In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive, of a [[cetacean]]):
To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
Examples:
"There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow."
"There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")"
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To explode.
Examples:
"Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, with "up", or, with prep phrase headed by "to"):
To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
Examples:
"The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up."
"The aerosol can was blown to bits."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause sudden destruction of.
Examples:
"He blew the tires and the engine."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To suddenly fail destructively.
Examples:
"He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To be very undesirable (see also suck).
Examples:
"This blows!"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):
To recklessly squander.
Examples:
"I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour."
"I blew $35 thou on a car."
"We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship."
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Blow as a verb (transitive, vulgar):
To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
Examples:
"Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):
To leave.
Examples:
"Let's blow this joint."
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Blow as a verb:
To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
Examples:
"to blow a horse"
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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Blow as a verb (slang, informal, AAVE):
To sing
Examples:
"That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!"
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Blow as a verb (Scientology, intransitive):
To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
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Blow as a noun:
A strong wind.
Examples:
"We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon."
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Blow as a noun (informal):
A chance to catch one's breath.
Examples:
"The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout."
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US, slang):
Cocaine.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, UK, slang):
Cannabis.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang):
Heroin.
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Blow as a noun:
the act of striking or hitting
Examples:
"A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone."
"During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection."
"synonyms: bace strike hit punch"
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Blow as a noun:
a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault
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Blow as a noun:
a damaging occurrence.
Examples:
"A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park."
"synonyms: disaster calamity"
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Blow as a verb:
to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom
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Blow as a noun:
a mass or display of flowers; a yield
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Blow as a noun:
a display of anything brilliant or bright
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Blow as a noun:
a bloom, state of flowering
Examples:
"roses in full blow."
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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.