fulminate vs blow up

fulminate is a noun but blow up is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fulminate	Yes	No	Yes	No
blow up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, blow up is a hypernym of fulminate; that is, blow up is a word with a broader meaning than fulminate:

Other hypernyms of fulminate include detonate, explode, set off.

fulminate (noun)	blow up (noun)
a salt or ester of fulminic acid

fulminate (verb)	blow up (verb)
cause to explode violently and with loud noise	make large
come on suddenly and intensely	exaggerate or make bigger
criticize severely	to swell or cause to enlarge
	cause to burst with a violent release of energy
	fill with gas or air
	burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
	add details to
	get very angry and fly into a rage