explosion vs inflation

explosion and inflation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
explosion	Yes	No	No	No
inflation	Yes	No	No	No

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

explosion: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
inflation: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

Other hyponyms of explosion include airburst, blast, backfire, big bang, backfire, blowback, fragmentation.

explosion (noun)	inflation (noun)
the act of exploding or bursting	the act of filling something with air
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball	lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant	(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
a sudden outburst	a general and progressive increase in prices
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
a sudden great increase
the noise caused by an explosion