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.

What does the term pyrotechnics mean?

1 singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks. 2a : a display of fireworks. b : a spectacular display (as of extreme virtuosity) verbal pyrotechnics keyboard pyrotechnics.

What is the difference between fireworks and pyrotechnics?

is that firework is 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 while pyrotechnics is the art and technology of fireworks and ...