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Dissonate vs Detonate - What's the difference?

dissonate | detonate |

As verbs the difference between dissonate and detonate

is that dissonate is (music) to be dissonant while detonate is (label) to explode; to blow up specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

dissonate

English

Verb

(dissonat)
  • (music) To be dissonant.
  • (music) To cause dissonance (in all senses).

    • References

    * The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani, 1885 ----

    detonate

    English

    Verb

    (detonat)
  • (label) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
  • (label) To cause an explosion.

    • Synonyms

    * blast * discharge * fulminate

    Antonyms

    * (with respect to speed of prorogation) deflagrate

    Hypernyms

    * combust

    Related terms

    * detonatable * detonation * detonator