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Blowout vs Liquidation - What's the difference?

blowout | liquidation |

As nouns the difference between blowout and liquidation

is that blowout is a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire while liquidation is the act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.

blowout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire
  • a sudden release of oil and gas from a well
  • a social function, especially one with large quantities of food
  • (slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt. Often occurs when one team is superior to the other.
    • The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout .
  • (geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
  • (AU) an extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
  • The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

    • See also

    * blow out

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    liquidation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia liquidation)
  • The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
  • The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
    • The store is having a liquidation sale, everything must go as they go out of business.

    Related terms

    * liquid * liquidate * liquidator * liquidity * liquidizer * liquor