different between explosion vs starburst

English

Etymology

From French explosion, from Latin expl?si?nis, genitive form of expl?sio, from expl?do (“I drive out by clapping”), from ex- and pl?do (“I clap or strike”). For more information see explode#Etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?spl??.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?splo?.??n/

Noun

explosion (countable and uncountable, plural explosions)

1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
2. A bursting due to pressure.
3. The sound of an explosion.
4. A sudden uncontrolled increase.
5. A sudden outburst.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• implosion

Derived terms

• Cambrian explosion
• implosion

Related terms

• explode
• explosive
• principle of explosion

Translations

See also

• explosion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin explosi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splo.zj??/

Noun

explosion f (plural explosions)

1. explosion

Derived terms

• explosion cambrienne
• moteur à explosion

Related terms

• exploser

Further reading

• “explosion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin explosi?, attested from 1770.

Noun

explosion c

1. explosion

   Synonym: sprängning

   Antonym: implosion

Inflection

Derived terms

• explosionsartad
• explosionsmotor
• granatexplosion

Related terms

• explodera
• explosiv

References

English

Etymology

star +? burst

Noun

starburst (plural starbursts)

1. A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
   • 2002: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

     ... his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black ...

   • 2003: Tim Cockey, Murder in the Hearse Degree: A Novel

     A starburst of red exploded on his chest and he flew backward a good six or seven feet.

   • 2004: Elizabeth George, Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life

     ... and another that creates a cicatrix starburst from her right eye to her temple. This scar is the result of an accident when she was ten years old, ...

2. (typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ?.
3. (astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
4. (astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.

   The Milky Way will see a starburst in approximately 200,000,000 years.

Translations

See also

• starburst galaxy

Verb

starburst (third-person singular simple present starbursts, present participle starbursting, simple past and past participle starbursted)

1. (astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
2. To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.
3. To make a starburst pattern.
4. To refract and sparkle.
   • 1998: Graham Joyce, The Tooth Fairy

     The faint light from the sky starbursted on a tear. Suddenly there was something appallingly human about her.