different between outburst vs fusillade

English

Etymology

From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- +? burst. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b?st/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b??st/
• Noun:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b?st/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b??st/
• Hyphenation: out?burst

Verb

outburst (third-person singular simple present outbursts, present participle outbursting, simple past outburst or outbrast, past participle outburst or outbursten)

1. (intransitive) To burst out.

Noun

outburst (plural outbursts)

1. a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.

   The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.

Synonyms

• explosion

Antonyms

• inburst

Translations

Anagrams

• burst out, subtutor

English

Etymology

From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?fju?s??le??d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

fusillade (plural fusillades)

1. the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
2. (by extension) a rapid outburst
   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, "The Monkey's Paw"

     But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.

Translations

Verb

fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)

1. to fire, or attack with, a fusillade

French

Etymology

fusiller +? -ade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi.jad/

Noun

fusillade f (plural fusillades)

1. shootout; shooting (of a firearm)
2. fusillade
3. (ice hockey) penalty

Derived terms

• tir de fusillade

Related terms

• fusil

Further reading

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