Fuse vs Assimilate - What's the difference?
fuse | assimilate |
(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.
To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
To melt together.
To furnish with or install a fuse.
To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
* Isaac Newton
To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
* Merivale
To absorb a group of people into a community.
To compare a thing to something similar.
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
* John Bright
* Cowper
As verbs the difference between fuse and assimilate
is that fuse is while assimilate is to incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.fuse
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fuso and (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
Etymology 2
From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).Verb
(fus)assimilate
English
Verb
(assimilat)- Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
- Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.
- The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
- His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
- The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
- to assimilate our law to the law of Scotland
- Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.
