different between detonation vs conflagration

English

Etymology

From French détonation; equivalent to detonate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?t??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

detonation (countable and uncountable, plural detonations)

1. An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.

2. Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of propagation): deflagration

Hypernyms

• combustion
• decomposition

Derived terms

• carbon detonation
• pulse detonation engine
• rotating detonation engine

Related terms

• detonate
• detonator

Translations

Anagrams

• denotation, taeniodont

Danish

Noun

detonation c (singular definite detonationen, plural indefinite detonationer)

1. detonation

Declension

Further reading

• “detonation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin c?nflagr?ti? (“burning, conflagration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nfl????e???n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

conflagration (countable and uncountable, plural conflagrations)

2. A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

   Synonyms: firestorm, inferno

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:conflagration.
3. (figuratively) A large-scale conflict.

Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nflagr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fla.??a.sj??/

Noun

conflagration f (plural conflagrations)

1. (literary) conflagration

See also

• déflagration

Further reading

• “conflagration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).