High-temperature series expansions of the partition functions for the Ising and Heisenberg models are analyzed for various values of the spin
s. The fcc lattice is used for which successive coefficients are sufficiently regular for estimates of critical behavior to be made with confidence. It is suggested that the magnetic susceptibility above the Curie temperature is of the form $A{(1\ensuremath{-}\frac{{T}_{c}}{T})}^{\ensuremath{-}\frac{4}{3}}$ for the Heisenberg model for all
s, instead of ${A}^{\ensuremath{'}}{(1\ensuremath{-}\frac{{T}_{c}}{T})}^{\ensuremath{-}\frac{5}{4}}$ for the Ising model. Critical estimates of energy and entropy show that the magnitude of the "tail" of the specific heat anomaly is insensitive to the value of
s, and is about 2.5 times larger for the Heisenberg than for the Ising model. The sharpness of the anomaly at the Curie point increases as
s increases, and on passing from the Heisenberg to the Ising model. A brief reference is made to experimental results.
The time evolution of an Ising model with large driving fields over discrete time intervals is shown to be reproduced by an effective
XXZ-Heisenberg model at leading order in the inverse field strength. For specific orientations of the drive field, the dynamics of the
XXX-Heisenberg model is reproduced. These approximate equivalences, valid above a critical driving field strength set by dynamical phase transitions in the Ising model, are expected to enable quantum devices that natively evolve qubits according to the Ising model to simulate more complex systems.