Puncturing vs Blowout - What's the difference?
puncturing | blowout |
The act by which something is punctured.
* 2011 , Philip Norman, Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation
a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire
a sudden release of oil and gas from a well
a social function, especially one with large quantities of food
(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt. Often occurs when one team is superior to the other.
(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
(AU) an extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
As nouns the difference between puncturing and blowout
is that puncturing is the act by which something is punctured while blowout is a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire.As a verb puncturing
is .puncturing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- That the Beatles had not yet found out remained a hallucination with Brian, despite grins exchanged behind his back, and despite John Lennon's occasional brutal puncturings of the masquerade.
blowout
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Noun
(en noun)- The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout .