Difference between Fume and Smoke

What is the difference between Fume and Smoke?

Fume as a noun is a gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. they can flocculate and coalesce. their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (a micron is one millionth of a metre) while Smoke as a noun is the visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

Fume

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre) A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Emit fumes. Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints. To feel or express great anger.

Smoke

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke regularly or habitually.To give off smoke.To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form.To kill, especially with a gun.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of the colour known as smoke.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.A cigarette.An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.A fastball.(The Smoke) London

Example sentence: What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.

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