fusion

The joining of two or more things to form one thing.

• The menu offers a fusion of different cooking styles.
• Their music is a fusion of rock and jazz.
• This design creates a successful fusion of old and new.

How to use it: fusion of A and B (The music is a fusion of jazz and folk.); fusion of A with B (The dish represents a fusion of local food with French cooking.)

Similar words: combination, blending, merging

Opposites: separation

Common phrases: fusion of styles, cultural fusion, fusion cuisine

A process in which the centers of atoms join to form larger ones, releasing energy.

• Fusion releases large amounts of energy.
• The sun produces heat through nuclear fusion.
• Scientists are developing reactors that use fusion to generate electricity.

Similar words: nuclear fusion

Opposites: fission

Common phrases: nuclear fusion, fusion reactor, fusion energy