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Fume vs Cume - What's the difference?

fume | cume |

As verbs the difference between fume and cume

is that fume is to while cume is (label) earn cumulatively at the box office.

As a noun cume is

(label) cumulative box office receipts.

fume

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)
    • Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
  • * T. Warton
    • the fumes of new shorn hay
  • A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
  • Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
    • the fumes of passion
    (South)
  • Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • a show of fumes and fancies
  • The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
  • * Burton
    • to smother him with fumes and eulogies

    Verb

    (fum)
  • To emit fumes.
  • * Milton
    • where the golden altar fumed
  • * Roscommon
    • Silenus lay, / Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.
  • To expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
  • To feel or express great anger.
    • He's still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
  • * Dryden
    • He frets, he fumes , he stares, he stamps the ground.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Her mother did fret, and her father did fume .
  • To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Keep his brain fuming .
  • To pass off in fumes or vapours.
  • * Cheyne
    • Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.

    Usage notes

    * In the sense of strong-smelling or dangerous vapor, the noun is typically plural, as in the example. ----

    cume

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (label) Earn cumulatively at the box office.
  • * 2014 , Brian Brooks, Deadline Hollywood], “[http://deadline.com/2014/11/jean-luc-godard-goodbye-to-language-horns-box-office-1201271235/ Godard’s ‘Goodbye To Language’ Says Hello To Weekend’s Best Specialty Box Office”, November 2, 2014:
  • *:Despite the exhibitor complications, Goodbye To Language'' has already surpassed Godard’s most recent previous project, ''Film Socialisme, which cumed about $33K in the U.S in its 2011 release.

    • Usage notes

    Particularly in past or perfect forms, as “cumed'” or “has ' cumed ”, since “cumulative box office receipts” is primarily a backwards-looking concept.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Cumulative box office receipts.
  • * 2014 , Justin Chang, Variety, “ Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, November 4, 2014:
  • *:With a cume so far of more than $38,000, the film has already outgrossed Godard’s previous feature, “Film socialisme” (2010), despite having opened on far fewer screens.

    • See also

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