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Fusing vs Bridging - What's the difference?

fusing | bridging |

As verbs the difference between fusing and bridging

is that fusing is while bridging is .

As nouns the difference between fusing and bridging

is that fusing is act by which things are fused; fusion while bridging is (architecture) the system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

As an adjective bridging is

that acts as a bridge (in many contexts).

fusing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act by which things are fused; fusion.
  • * 1867 , Elizabeth Tuckett, Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere (page 211)
    • one of the peculiarities of the Tyrol costumes is the absence of patterns or fusings of tints, they shine out bright and distinct like the field flowers.

    bridging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • That acts as a bridge (in many contexts)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.
  • * 1860 , Thomas Leverton Donaldson, ?William Cunningham Glen, Handbook of Specifications (page 319)
    • All the joists and bridgings of the mezzanine floor to have stout double herringbone strutting not more than 6 feet apart.