As nouns the difference between materials and metallurgy
is that materials is plural of lang=en while metallurgy is the science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.
materials
English
Noun
(head)
Derived terms
* materials engineering
* materials physics
* materials science
* resistant materials
Anagrams
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metallurgy
Noun
(en-noun)
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.
Related terms
* metallurgical
* metallurgist