detonation vs airburst

detonation and airburst both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
detonation	Yes	No	No	No
airburst	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, airburst is a hyponym of detonation; that is, airburst is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than detonation:

detonation: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
airburst: an explosion in the atmosphere

Other hyponyms of detonation include blast, backfire, big bang, backfire, blowback, fragmentation, inflation.

detonation (noun)	airburst (noun)
the act of detonating an explosive	an explosion in the atmosphere
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction