brisance vs event

brisance and event both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brisance	Yes	No	No	No
event	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, event is a hypernym of brisance; that is, event is a word with a broader meaning than brisance:

brisance: the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
event: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Other hypernyms of brisance include consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot.

brisance (noun)	event (noun)
the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion	something that happens at a given place and time
	a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
	a special set of circumstances