The difference between Fuse and Smelt

When used as nouns, fuse means a cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, whereas smelt means any small anadromous fish of the family osmeridae, found in the atlantic and pacific oceans and in lakes in north america and northern part of europe.

When used as verbs, fuse means to melt together, whereas smelt means to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fuse and Smelt

  1. Fuse as a noun:

    A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: [[fuze]] q US"

  2. Fuse as a noun (manufacturing, mining, military):

    The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: fuze"

  3. Fuse as a noun (electrical engineering):

    A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.

  4. Fuse as a noun (figurative):

    Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

    Examples:

    "When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse."

  5. Fuse as a noun:

    A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

  6. Fuse as a noun:

    A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

  1. Fuse as a verb (transitive):

    To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

  2. Fuse as a verb (intransitive):

    To melt together.

  3. Fuse as a verb:

    To furnish with or install a fuse.

  4. Fuse as a verb (organic chemistry):

    To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

  1. Smelt as a noun:

    Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

  2. Smelt as a noun (obsolete):

    A fool; a simpleton.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"

  1. Smelt as a verb:

  1. Smelt as a noun:

    Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

  2. Smelt as a noun:

    Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.

  1. Smelt as a verb:

    to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld

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