melting vs smelting

melting

noun
  • The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point. 

  • The act of softening or mitigating. 

adj
  • Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful. 

  • Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying. 

  • That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional. 

smelting

noun
  • The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. 

How often have the words melting and smelting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )