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Fusee vs Flair - What's the difference?

fusee | flair |

As nouns the difference between fusee and flair

is that fusee is a conical, grooved pulley in early clocks or fusee can be the track of a buck while flair is (distinctive style or elegance).

fusee

English

(wikipedia fusee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks.
  • A large friction match.
  • * 1914 , (w), ‘The Dreamer’, Beasts and Superbeasts'', Penguin 2000 (''Complete Short Stories ), p. 322:
    • A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away from home’ on Waldo's fat body.
  • A fuse for an explosive.
  • (US) A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad
  • A fusil, or flintlock musket.

    • Etymology 2

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The track of a buck.
    • (Ainsworth)

    flair

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A natural or innate talent or aptitude; a knack.
  • Distinctive style or elegance; panache or elan.

    • Synonyms

    * (natural or innate talent) gift, knack, talent * (distinctive style or elegance) elan, elegance, grace, panache, style

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