explosive vs gunpowder

gunpowder vs explosive

explosive and gunpowder both are nouns.

explosive is an adjective but gunpowder is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
explosive	Yes	Yes	No	No
gunpowder	Yes	No	No	No

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

explosive: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
gunpowder: a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

Other hyponyms of explosive include burster, bursting charge, charge, explosive charge, explosive compound, explosive mixture, impulse explosive, propellant explosive, load, payload, warhead, azoimide, HN, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide, high explosive, low explosive, powder, Ballistite, smokeless powder, nitramine, tetryl, Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil, ANFO, Nobelit.

explosive (noun)	gunpowder (noun)
a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck	a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

explosive (adjective)	gunpowder (adjective)
serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
sudden and loud
liable to lead to sudden change or violence

Difference between explosive and gunpowder

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