dictionary.com sez basically that fuse is the thing you light to blow something up and the fuze is an electronic version of same. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:08 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: What is the language "British"? On Wednesday 30 August 2006 16:57, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: > > I had to explain to an English teacher the difference between fuse > > and fuze > > What was the distinction that you were trying to make? > In the dictionary I just checked, the definitions refer to each other > and pretty much make them synonyms. > Since I'd never heard of 'fuze' I checked four dictionaries. Three of them didn't list it. The fourth said that it is a 'US variant spelling of "fuse"' Anne
