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Firework vs Fireworks - What's the difference?

firework | fireworks |

As nouns the difference between firework and fireworks

is that firework is a device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration while fireworks is plural and collective of firework.

firework

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

    • See also

    * airbomb * banger * firecracker * flare * mortar * rocket * roman candle * sparkler

    External links

    * ("firework" on Wikipedia)

    fireworks

    English

    (wikipedia fireworks)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Plural and collective of firework.
  • An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
  • (figuratively) An boisterous or violent situation or event.
    • I left the room after John came home drunk but before the fireworks went off.
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