Dissolve vs. Melt — What's the Difference?

To cause to pass into solution

Make or become liquefied by heat

To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

Make or become more tender or loving

To cause to lose definition; blend or blur

Leave or disappear unobtrusively

To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel

An act or period of melting

To break into component parts; disintegrate

To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul

To dissolve

To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).

To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving

To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.

To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else

To pass into solution

To become softened in feeling

To become liquid; melt

(Obsolete) To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.

To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable

To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

To become disintegrated; disappear

To dissolve

To be broken up into separate parts

To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.

To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated

To cause (units) to blend

To be moved or overcome emotionally

To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.

To make a transition between shots in a cinematic work using a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.

A melted solid; a fused mass.

A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears. Also called lap dissolve.

The state of being melted.

(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

The act or operation of melting.

(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.

The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.

(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.

A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese

(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.

Molten material, the product of melting.

To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.

The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

To be disintegrated by such immersion.

The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

A melt sandwich.

(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.

To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

An idiot.

(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.

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

(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

(intransitive) To be discouraged.

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

To be emotionally softened or touched.

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

To be very hot and sweat profusely.

To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

See 2d Milt.

To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.

Cause to go into a solution;

The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;

Pass into a solution;

Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating;

Become weaker;

Become or cause to become soft or liquid;

Come to an end;

Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;

Stop functioning or cohering as a unit;

Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;

Cause to lose control emotionally;

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly;

Lose control emotionally;

Become less intense and fade away gradually;

Cause to fade away;

Become or cause to become soft or liquid;

Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;

Declare void;