Explosive vs Tomato - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between explosive and tomato

is that explosive is substance while tomato is tomato.

is with the capability to, or likely to, explode.

(en noun)

substance.

(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.

(wikipedia tomato)

(en-noun)

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum , having edible fruit

The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture

* Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.

A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

(slang) A desirable-looking woman.

Lookit the legs on that hot tomato !

(slang) A stupid act or person.

* * (obsolete)

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(en verb)

to pelt with tomatoes

to add tomatoes to (a dish)