fulmination vs explosion

fulmination and explosion both are nouns.

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

As nouns, explosion is a hypernym of fulmination; that is, explosion is a word with a broader meaning than fulmination:

Other hypernyms of fulmination include burst.

fulmination (noun)	explosion (noun)
the act of exploding with noise and violence	the act of exploding or bursting
thunderous verbal attack	a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
	the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
	a sudden outburst
	a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
	a sudden great increase
	the noise caused by an explosion