fusee vs starter

fusee

noun
  • A fuse for an explosive. 

  • A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad. 

  • A light musket or firelock. 

  • A large friction match. 

  • One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion. 

  • A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers. 

starter

noun
  • An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine. 

  • A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game. 

  • A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy. 

  • A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal. 

  • A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process. 

  • A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp. 

  • The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish. 

  • A dog that rouses game. 

  • The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag. 

  • A starting pitcher. 

  • A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment. 

  • Someone who starts, or who starts something. 

  • Something with which to begin; a first property, etc. 

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