melt down vs dissolve

dissolve vs melt down

melt down is not a noun while dissolve is a noun.

melt down and dissolve both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
melt down	No	No	Yes	No
dissolve	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dissolve is a hypernym of melt down; that is, dissolve is a word with a broader meaning than melt down:

melt down: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
dissolve: cause to go into a solution

Other hypernyms of melt down include break up, resolve.

melt down (noun)	dissolve (noun)
	(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

melt down (verb)	dissolve (verb)
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating	pass into a solution
	cause to go into a solution
	come to an end
	grow less and less substantial until it disappears
	become or cause to become soft or liquid
	bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
	declare void
	cause to fade away
	lose control emotionally
	cause to lose control emotionally
	stop functioning or cohering as a unit

Difference between melt down and dissolve

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