time-fuse vs priming

time-fuse and priming both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
time-fuse	Yes	No	No	No
priming	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, priming is a hypernym of time-fuse; that is, priming is a word with a broader meaning than time-fuse:

time-fuse: a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)
priming: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

Other hypernyms of time-fuse include fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer.

time-fuse (noun)	priming (noun)
a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)	the act of making something ready
	any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
	the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface