Fuse vs Defuse - What's the difference?
fuse | defuse |
(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 remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
* 1605 , , I. iv. 2:
As verbs the difference between fuse and defuse
is that fuse is to melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably while defuse is to remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).As a noun fuse
is (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.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)defuse
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(Bomb disposal) (defus)Etymology 2
Compare (diffuse).Verb
(defus)- If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse ,