Firework vs. Pyrotechnics

Fireworknoun

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

Fireworknoun

A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts; also called a pyrotechnic device. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The art of designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is called pyrotechnics. The name firework is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.

Fireworknoun

A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting of the discharge of fireworks{1}.

Fireworknoun

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Fireworknoun

a device containing gunpowder and other combustible chemicals which causes spectacular effects and explosions when ignited, used for display or in celebrations

Fireworknoun

an outburst of anger, or a display of great skill or energy

Pyrotechnicsnoun

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

Pyrotechnicsnoun

A display of fireworks.

Pyrotechnicsnoun

(figuratively) An impressive display.

Pyrotechnicsnoun

The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.

Pyrotechnicsnoun

(music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)

Pyrotechnicsnoun

the craft of making fireworks

Pyrotechnics

Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating such things as fireworks, safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and other fasteners, parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition. This trade relies upon self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions to make heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound.