different between eruption vs supereruption

English

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

eruption (countable and uncountable, plural eruptions)

1. A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
2. A sudden release of pressure or tension.

   There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.

4. An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

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Translations

Interlingua

Noun

eruption (plural eruptiones)

1. eruption, outbreak

English

Etymology

From super- +? eruption.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?su?p??????p?n?/
• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

supereruption (plural supereruptions)

1. (dentistry) Overeruption. [from 20th c.]
2. The massive eruption of a supervolcano. [from 20th c.]
   • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 204:

     The Los Alamos mesa rested against the eastern slope of the Jemez Mountains, on the rime of the Valles Caldera, formed as a result of two explosive super-eruptions 1.6 and 1.1 million years ago.