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Firework vs Petard - What's the difference?

firework | petard |

As nouns the difference between firework and petard

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 petard is firecracker (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)

    petard

    English

    (wikipedia petard)

    Alternative forms

    * pettard

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to blow a hole in a door or wall.
  • Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare, Hamlet
    • For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar
  • A loud firecracker.

    • Derived terms

    * hoist by one's own petard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
  • *, I.56:
  • *:The souldier, if he but goe to besiege a cottage, to scale a castle, to rob a church, to pettard a gate, to force a religious house, or any villanous act, before he attempt it praieth to God for his assistance, though his intents and hopes be full-fraught with crueltie, murther, covetise, luxurie, sacrilege, and all iniquitie.

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