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Fomes vs Fumes - What's the difference?

fomes | fumes |

As nouns the difference between fomes and fumes

is that fomes is any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs while fumes is plural of lang=en.

As a verb fumes is

third-person singular of fume.

fomes

English

Noun

(fomites)
  • (medicine, obsolete) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.
    • Woollen clothes are said to be active fomites .
    (Webster 1913) ----

    fumes

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fume)
    • ----