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Fusion and fission are different from each other in the same way that black and white is varied colors. In general, fusion is defined as a word that has anything to do with compounding, merging, union, mixture, and integration. And, fission is the opposite of fusion. Fission, for the most part, has something to do with the process of division, parting, cleaving, and splitting into parts.

The terms fusion and fission are commonly applied in the field of physics, particularly those that concern nuclear reactions. When an amount of energy is released through splitting of atomic nucleus into fragments it is called a fission nuclear reaction. However, if the nucleus combines which results to a release of energy, it is then called a fusion reaction.

In fission nuclear reaction, the atomic nucleus commonly divides into two equal fragments which then release massive amounts of energy in a form of radiation and heat, as in the case of atomic bomb.

Fusion, on the other hand, obtains its power from combining nuclei coming from different hydrogen isotopes resulting into helium nuclei as in the case of hydrogen bomb. Fusion creates more stable nuclei as compared to fission that forms radioactive and highly destructive ones.

In different viewpoint, the term fusion is also applied in the fields of politics as in a manner of establishing a political party by forming a coalition. In ophthalmology, the term binocular fusion refers to the process of proper merging of the images in both eyes. Or in cooking, fusion refers to the combination of varied regional or ethnic ingredients, techniques, and/or styles.

Fission, in another way, is applied in the study of biology referring to a kind of cell division that appears within an organism, or in some cases the organism divides itself as a course of reproduction.

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