different between explosion vs splitting

English

Etymology

From French explosion, from Latin expl?si?nis, genitive form of expl?sio, from expl?do (“I drive out by clapping”), from ex- and pl?do (“I clap or strike”). For more information see explode#Etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?spl??.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?splo?.??n/

Noun

explosion (countable and uncountable, plural explosions)

1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
2. A bursting due to pressure.
3. The sound of an explosion.
4. A sudden uncontrolled increase.
5. A sudden outburst.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• implosion

Derived terms

• Cambrian explosion
• implosion

Related terms

• explode
• explosive
• principle of explosion

Translations

See also

• explosion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin explosi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splo.zj??/

Noun

explosion f (plural explosions)

1. explosion

Derived terms

• explosion cambrienne
• moteur à explosion

Related terms

• exploser

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin explosi?, attested from 1770.

Noun

explosion c

1. explosion

   Synonym: sprängning

   Antonym: implosion

Inflection

Derived terms

• explosionsartad
• explosionsmotor
• granatexplosion

Related terms

• explodera
• explosiv

References

English

Noun

splitting (plural splittings)

1. An instance where something splits.
2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
   • 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin 2008, p. 308:

     In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.

3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Derived terms

• fee splitting

Translations

Adjective

splitting (comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting)

1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
2. Very rapid.

   They moved at a splitting pace.

3. Severely painful.

   I have a splitting headache.

Verb

splitting

1. present participle of split

Anagrams

• spittling