Difference between Explosive and Detonating

EXPLOSIVE vs DETONATING: NOUN

A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
Gun-cotton and similar nitro-substitution compounds
A substance, especially a prepared chemical, that explodes or causes explosion.
A plosive.
The principal classes of explosive substances are: gunpowder
Nitroglycerin and its compounds, the most important being dynamite
Picric acid and the picrates
Fulminates
Sprengel safety-mixtures
Nitrate mixtures other than gunpowder, and chlorate mixtures. There are many varieties of each class.
In philology, a non-continuous or mute consonant, as k, t, p. Also explodent.
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine.
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184.]
Explosive substance.
Any substance by whose decomposition or combustion gas is generated with such rapidity that it can be used for blasting or in firearms.

Pertaining to or of the nature of explosion; tending or liable to explode, or to cause explosion: as, the explosive force of gunpowder; explosive mixture; explosive paroxysms of nerve-force.
In philology, involving in utterance the breach of a complete closure of the organs; not continuous; mute; forming a complete vocal stop: as, an explosive consonant. See II., 2.

A strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
A primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
Any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report.
A mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition.
From detonate.
Exploding; igniting with a sudden report.

Pyrotechnic, Explosion, Unexploded, Detonation, Bomb, Explode, Combustible, Dynamite, Detonative, Sudden, Bursting, Unstable, Volatile, Detonating, Exploding

Pyrotechnic, Explosion, Unexploded, Detonation, Bomb, Explode, Combustible, Dynamite, Detonative, Sudden, Bursting, Unstable, Volatile, Detonating, Exploding

These two energy values have boen used quite successfully by explosive manufacturers in predicting the capability of an explosive to break rock.
If an explosive device or suspected explosive device is located, the HDU will determinethe rendering safe procedures.
Voelz was responding to an explosive ordnance disposal call when an improvised explosive device detonated.
Explosive Alloy Pact af the explosive i rap set up by the lunatic preacher.
Only trained and certified personnel should handle or sample explosive or suspected explosive materials.
In explosive atmospheres, for example, specialized ventilation systems may be required to keep conditions outside of explosive limits.
Articles containing one or more explosive substance used to start deflagration of an explosive train.
Explosive hazards such as explosive dusts, compounds, materials, etc.
They dispose of explosive ordnance to protect personnel, resources, and the environment from hazardous explosive ordnance, improvised explosive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
Explosive Power Tools All explosive chargers for explosive powered tools must be kept in an approved, locked box.

With blasting agents, the effect of detonating cord is less predictable.
Making bombs and detonating them does not require a Harvard degree.
Soviet Union were detonating powerful nuclear weapons with increasing frequency.
Nonels were developed to replace the detonating cord in boreholes.
Explosives of any kind including fireworks and detonating fuses.
Potential cutoffs from slack and tight detonating cord lines.
Soviet nuclear bombs detonating over western South Dakota.
US: Would you pretty please stop detonating bombs?.
For example, sets traps or throws detonating bombs.
Baghdadi killed himself by detonating a suicide vest.