Why does adding water to boiling oil cause an explosion but nothing happens when adding oil to boiling water?

Question

Why does adding water to boiling oil cause an explosion but nothing happens when adding oil to boiling water?

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Answer 1

Water sinks beneath the oil, turns to stream and expands by about 1700x. Somethings gotta give and its the oil. It gets displaced and breaks up into smaller droplets which in turn creates a greater surface area for burning if an ignition source comes into contact with it.