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Forge vs Smelter - What's the difference?

forge | smelter |

As nouns the difference between forge and smelter

is that forge is furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape while smelter is a person employed to do smelting.

As a verb forge

is to shape a metal by heating and hammering.

forge

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) forge, early Old French faverge, from (etyl) (genitive fabri).

Noun

(wikipedia forge) (en noun)
  • Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
  • Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
  • The act of beating or working iron or steel.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • In the greater bodies the forge was easy.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) forger, from (etyl) forgier, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (lb) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • To form or create with concerted effort.
  • :
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:Those names that the schools forged , and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
  • * (1809-1892)
  • *:do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
  • To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
  • :
  • To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
  • *1663 , , (Hudibras)
  • *:That paltry story is untrue, / And forged to cheat such gulls as you.

    • Etymology 3

    Make way, move ahead'', most likely an alteration of ''force , but perhaps from , via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in referrence to vessels.

    Verb

  • (often as forge ahead ) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
    • The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.
    We decided to forge ahead with our plans even though our biggest underwriter backed out.
  • * De Quincey
    • And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
  • (sometimes as forge ahead ) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
    • With seconds left in the race, the runner forged into first place.
    Derived terms
    * forgery

    See also

    * fabricate * make up * blacksmith

    Anagrams

    * ----

    smelter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person employed to do smelting.
    • He works as a smelter .
  • A machine used to smelt metal.
  • :Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
  • A place where smelting is done.
  • :We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)