lighter vs fuze
fuze vs lighterlighter and fuze both are nouns.
lighter is a verb but fuze is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lighter | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| fuze | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
fuze is a hyponym of
lighter; that is, fuze is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
lighter:
- lighter: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- fuze: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
Other hyponyms of lighter include
cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter, fuse, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming, friction match, lucifer, match, match, Dobereiner's lamp.
| lighter (noun) | fuze (noun) |
|---|---|
| a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | |
| a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire |
| lighter (verb) | fuze (verb) |
|---|---|
| transport in a flatbottom boat |
Words related to "lighter"
- Dobereiner's lamp
- Norfolk wherry
- barge
- boat
- cigar lighter
- cigarette lighter
- device
- dredger
- firelighter
- flatboat
- friction match
- fuel
- fuse
- fusee
- fuze
- fuzee
- houseboat
- hoy
- igniter
- ignitor
- kindling
- light
- lighterage
- lucifer
- match
- pocket lighter
- pontoon
- primer
- priming
- punk
- scow
- spunk
- tinder
- touchwood
- transport
- wherry
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