Capelin vs. Smelt
Difference Between Capelin and Smelt
Capelinnoun
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of northern waters, closely related to the smelts and valued especially for its roe.
Smeltverb
To melt or fuse (ores) in order to separate the metallic constituents.
Capelinnoun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Smeltverb
To melt or fuse. Used of ores.
Capelinnoun
very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
Smeltverb
A past tense and a past participle of smell.
Smeltnoun
Any of various small silvery marine, freshwater, and anadromous food fishes of the family Osmeridae, found in cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Osmerus mordax of North America and O. eperlanus of Europe.
Smeltnoun
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
Smeltnoun
(obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
Smeltnoun
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
Smeltnoun
Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
Smeltverb
simple past tense and past participle of smell
Smeltverb
to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld
Smeltnoun
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
Smeltnoun
small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
Smeltverb
extract (metals) by heating
