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Explosive vs Eruptive - What's the difference?

explosive | eruptive |

As adjectives the difference between explosive and eruptive

is that explosive is with the capability to, or likely to, explode while eruptive is .

As a noun explosive

is substance.

explosive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • substance.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
  • Having the character of an explosion.
    • explosive fire
  • (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
    • He has an explosive personality.

    eruptive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That erupts or bursts forth.
  • * Thomson
    • The sudden glance / Appears far south eruptive through the cloud.
  • Accompanied by eruptions.
    • an eruptive fever
  • (geology) Produced by eruption.
    • eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic

    Derived terms

    * eruptive prominence * eruptive star * eruptive variable * eruptive xanthoma

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.