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Unexpected vs Blowout - What's the difference?

unexpected | blowout |

As a adjective unexpected

is not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

As a noun blowout is

a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire.

unexpected

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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    • The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * expected

    Derived terms

    * unexpectedly * unexpectedness

    Related terms

    * unplanned * incidental * contingent * bolt from the blue * out of the blue

    blowout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout .
  • (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.

    • See also

    * blow out

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