Difference between Outburst and Burst

What is the difference between Outburst and Burst?

Outburst as a noun is a sudden, violent expression of emotion or activity while Burst as a noun is an instance of, or the act of bursting.

Outburst

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a sudden, violent expression of emotion or activity

Example sentence: Music is an outburst of the soul.

Burst

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of, or the act of bursting.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To break from internal pressure.To cause to break from internal pressure.To separate formfeed at perforation lines

Example sentence: He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.

We hope you now know whether to use Outburst or Burst in your sentence.

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