different between torrent vs explosion

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??.?nt/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?t??.?nt/

Etymology 1

From French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torr?ns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torr?re (“to parch, scorch”).

Noun

torrent (plural torrents)

1. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
2. (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]:

     On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower.

Derived terms

Related terms

• torrid
• toast

Translations

Adjective

torrent (comparative more torrent, superlative most torrent)

1. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

See also

• barrage
• inundate
• deluge
• torrential

Etymology 2

From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent).

Noun

torrent (plural torrents)

1. (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.

Translations

Verb

torrent (third-person singular simple present torrents, present participle torrenting, simple past and past participle torrented)

1. (Internet slang, transitive) To download in a torrent.

Derived terms

• torrenter

Catalan

Noun

torrent m (plural torrents)

1. torrent

French

Etymology

From Italian torrente, from Latin torrens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.???/

Noun

torrent m (plural torrents)

1. A torrent

Descendants

• ? English: torrent
• ? Romanian: torent

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

torrent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of torre?

Welsh

Alternative forms

• torren (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r?nt/

Verb

torrent

1. (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of torri
2. (literary) third-person plural imperative of torri

Mutation

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