Melting vs. Smelting

Meltingadjective

Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.

Meltingadjective

Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.

Meltingadjective

That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.

Meltingnoun

The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

Meltingnoun

(figurative) The act of softening or mitigating.

Meltingnoun

Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.

Meltingadjective

Causing to melt; becoming melted; - used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.

Meltingnoun

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;

Meltingadjective

becoming liquid

Melting

Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy of the solid increases, typically by the application of heat or pressure, which increases the substance's temperature to the melting point.

Smeltingnoun

(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

Smeltingadjective

a. & n. from Smelt.

Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive metallurgy.