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Fule vs Fuse - What's the difference?

fule | fuse |

As a noun fule

is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) fool.

As a verb fuse is

.

fule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) fool
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Sir Walter Scott, title=The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="What's the fule thing shaking for?" said he; "I mean nothing but civility to you. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1888, author=H. Rider Haggard, title=Colonel Quaritch, V.C., chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That army gent, Major Boston, as is agent for all the College lands down the valley, he be a poor weak fule
  • * {{quote-book, year=1914, author=Zane Grey, title=The Light of Western Stars, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Why, you dog-goned old fule , you cain't hit thet bawl." }}

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    fuse

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fuso and (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (also'' fuze ''in US ) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
  • (industry, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
  • A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
  • Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
    • When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

    Etymology 2

    From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).

    Verb

    (fus)
  • To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
  • To melt together.
  • To furnish with or install a fuse.