Blast vs. Explode — What's the Difference?

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion

To expand outward suddenly and usually violently due to the force of internal pressure or the release of chemical or nuclear energy

A strong gust of wind or air

To burst violently as a result of such expansion.

A single loud note of a horn, whistle, or similar

To shatter with a loud noise

A severe reprimand

To make an emotional outburst

An enjoyable experience or lively party

To increase suddenly, sharply, and without control

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives

To change state or appearance suddenly

Produce or cause to produce loud continuous music or other noise

(Sports) To hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with a shot that scatters the sand.

Kick or strike (a ball) hard

To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily

Criticize fiercely

To show to be false or unreliable

(of a wind or other natural force) wither, shrivel, or blight (a plant)

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) out of a sand trap with an explosive shot.

Expressing annoyance

(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

A very strong gust of wind or air.

(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.

The effect of such a gust.

(transitive) To create an exploded view of.

A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.

To disprove or debunk.

A sudden loud sound, especially one produced by a stream of forced air

(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

The act of producing such a sound

To make a violent or emotional outburst.

A violent explosion, as of dynamite or a bomb.

To increase suddenly.

The violent effect of such an explosion, consisting of a wave of increased atmospheric pressure followed immediately by a wave of decreased pressure.

To ejaculate.

An explosive charge.

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

(Botany) Any of several plant diseases of diverse causes, resulting in sudden death of buds, flowers, foliage, or young fruits.

To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

A destructive or damaging influence.

(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

A powerful hit, blow, or shot.

Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.

A violent verbal assault or outburst

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.

(Slang) A highly exciting or pleasurable experience or event, such as a big party.

To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.

To knock down or shatter by explosion; smash.

To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.

To play or sound loudly

To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.

To cause to move with great force; hurl

To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.

To make or open by explosion

To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.

To shoot or destroy by shooting

To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.

(Sports) To hit, kick, or shoot (a ball or puck) with great force.

Cause to explode;

To have a harmful or destructive effect on

Burst outward, usually with noise;

To criticize or attack vigorously

Show a violent emotional reaction;

To cause to shrivel, wither, or mature imperfectly by blast or blight

Be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise;

To use or detonate explosives.

Destroy by exploding;

To emit a loud, intense sound; blare

Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

To discharge a weapon, especially repeatedly; shoot

Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

To attack someone or something verbally; criticize.

Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

To move with great speed or power

Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner;

(Electronics) To distort sound recording or transmission by overloading a microphone or loudspeaker.

To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly.

A violent gust of wind.

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

A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

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

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.

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

An explosive charge for blasting.

A loud, sudden sound.

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

A good time; an enjoyable moment.

(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

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

(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

(intransitive) To make a loud noise.

(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.

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

(transitive) To curse; to damn.

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

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

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

(transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.

(transitive) To blight or wither.

To be blighted or withered.

To blow, for example on a trumpet.

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

To show displeasure or disappointment: damn

A violent gust of wind.

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

The exhaust steam from and 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.

The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

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

The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.

Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.

To confound by a loud blast or din.

To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.

To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

A long and hard-hit fly ball

A sudden very loud noise

A strong current of air;

An explosion (as of dynamite)

A highly pleasurable or exciting experience;

Intense adverse criticism;

Make a strident sound;

Hit hard;

Use explosives on;