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Amalgam vs Marge - What's the difference?

amalgam | marge |

As nouns the difference between amalgam and marge

is that amalgam is an alloy containing mercury while marge is border; margin; edge; verge.

As a verb amalgam

is to amalgamate.

As a proper noun Marge is

a short form of the female given name Margaret.

amalgam

English

(wikipedia amalgam)

Noun

(amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things

    • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
    • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun, amàlg?m, amalgami , amalgáma, amalgama , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgam, amalgame , amalgame, amalgami , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgamom, amalgamima }} ----

    marge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) marge, from (etyl) margo, of (etyl) origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Border; margin; edge; verge.
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • [...] And thy sea-marge , sterile and rocky-hard,
    Where thou thyself dost air [...]
  • * 1874 ,
    • the long curved crest
    Which swells out two leagues from the river marge .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1907 , title=(The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses) , author=Robert W. Service , chapter=(The Cremation of Sam McGee) , passage=Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."}}

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from the word margarine .

    Noun

    marge (uncountable )
  • (colloquial, UK, NZ) margarine.

    • Anagrams

    * ----