Difference between Melt and Melting

What is the difference between Melt and Melting?

Melt as a noun is molten material, the product of melting. while Melting as a noun is the process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point

Melt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: molten material, the product of melting. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions. A melt sandwich.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To transit (or to change) the matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. To change gradually (or to become transited) from a solid state to a liquid state; to be melted To dissolve, disperse, vanish. To be very hot and sweat profusely.

Example sentence: When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.

Melting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

Part of speech: noun

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

Example sentence: America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!

We hope you now know whether to use Melt or Melting in your sentence.

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