Difference between Explode and Set Off

EXPLODE vs SET OFF: VERB

Cause to explode
Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
Show a violent emotional reaction
Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
Destroy by exploding
Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy
To make a violent or emotional outburst.
To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
To disprove or debunk.
To create an exploded view.
To destroy violently or abruptly.
To create an explosion, usually resulting in the destruction of an intended target.
Burst outward, usually with noise
Be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise

To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
To make angry.
To cause to explode.
To begin; to cause; to initiate.
To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
Leave
Put in motion or move to act
Cause to explode
Provoke or stir up
Make up for
Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
Set in motion or cause to begin

To show to be false or unreliable.
To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily.
To hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with a shot that scatters the sand.
To change state or appearance suddenly.
To increase suddenly, sharply, and without control.
To make an emotional outburst.
To shatter with a loud noise.
To burst violently as a result of internal pressure.
To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space.
To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame.
To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
To burst forth with sudden violence and noise.

To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate.
To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance.
To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily.

In physiology, to break out or burst forth; become suddenly manifest in operation or effect.
To burst noisily into sudden activity; break out with loud noise from some internal force, or into violent outcry or speech, as from emotion: as, a geyser which explodes at regular intervals; to explode with rage or with laughter.
To be broken up suddenly with a loud report by an internal force; fly into pieces with violence and noise from any cause, as a boiler from excessive pressure of steam, a bombshell from the expansion of its charge by heat, or a wheel from too rapid revolution.
To burst with force and noise, as gunpowder or an elastic fluid, through suddenly developed chemical reaction, as from the application of fire or friction.
In physiology, to cause to break out or burst forth; bring into sudden action or manifestation; develop rapidly and violently.
To drive out with sudden violence and noise.
Be unleashed
Emerge with violence or noise
Of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
To cause to burst suddenly and noisily into an expanded or gaseous state, or into fragments, as gunpowder or the like, a steam-boiler, etc. See II.
To destroy the repute or demonstrate the fallacy of; disprove or bring into discredit or contempt; do away with: as, an exploded custom; an exploded hypothesis.
To decry or reject with noise; express disapprobation of with noise or marks of contempt; hiss or hoot off: as, to explode a play or an actor.

Soar, Explosions, Bomb, Detonated, Explosion, Detonates, Explosive, Ignite, Erupt, Burst forth, Break loose, Set off, Blow up, Burst, Detonate

Explode, Accent, Cancel, Detonate, Trip, Stress, Actuate, Activate, Offset, Depart, Blow up, Bring out, Take off, Set forth, Set out

Smash, Blow, Blast, Soar, Bomb, Detonated, Explosion, Explosive, Ignite, Erupt, Burst forth, Break loose, Set off, Blow up, Burst

Trigger, Start, Accentuate, Explode, Accent, Cancel, Trip, Stress, Activate, Offset, Depart, Blow up, Bring out, Take off, Set out

This one is going to explode very fast.
Ideas explode from the keyboard with lightning speed.
Fireball to explode in your face, do you?
Cigarettes Explode, and How You Can Vape Safely.
This feels like an explode near the roots.
Did you know gophers explode like little meatballs.
Bag Balance Drill Explode and Cut Drill Drill: Catch, tuck, turn, explode and cut maintaining proper running form and technique.
The first egg, you must explode in the microwave, carefully noting exactly how long it took to explode.
You could argue Tornado made Little Big Town explode just as Rumours made Fleetwood Mac explode.
How did the hunt explode around this and explode is the word?

His blood set off the breaking off a seal which resurrected the Devil.
Also, almost all note components are set off by commas, and almost all bibliographic components are set off by periods.
After dropping off the kids at their tuition we set off for Cheras with our GPS in hand.
If successful, wild dust storms will set off and set the scene for a final stand.
Nonessential dependent clauses should be set off by commas from the rest of the sentence; essential dependent clauses are not set off by commas.
Set on and set off of allocable surplus in payment.
Set on and set off of allocable surplus.
Program OFF: Repeat b steps to set off day and time.
Legal set off is the set off of mutual debts which are due and payable in the same right.
Truth of a situation off, you start a trip: set off meaning that set the photo to!