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?

In: 200

Answer 1

Because that oil is at a significantly higher temperature than the boiling point of water (depending on the type and grade of oil, potentially well over 200 C. Even my tiny chip frier goes to 190). The explosion is just water violently boiling.

Oil will not vapourise in boiling water, so thr reverse is safe.