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Implode vs Imploded - What's the difference?

implode | imploded |

As verbs the difference between implode and imploded

is that implode is to collapse or burst inward violently while imploded is past tense of implode.

As an adjective imploded is

that has collapsed inwards.

implode

English

Verb

(implod)
  • To collapse or burst inward violently.
  • (computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
  • * 1992 , "Steve Tibbett", PKZIP Implode compression/decompression.'' (on newsgroup ''comp.compression )
    • I'm looking for some code that will implode data using the PKZIP method.. and explode it. PKWare sells an object that you can link with that does the job, and we have licensed this, but we are now writing 32 bit code for MS-DOS and the PKWare stuff won't work

    Antonyms

    * (collapse) explode * (compress data) explode

    imploded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (implode)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has collapsed inwards