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Metallic vs Metallurgical - What's the difference?

metallic | metallurgical |

As adjectives the difference between metallic and metallurgical

is that metallic is made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal while metallurgical is (metallurgy) of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.

As a noun metallic

is a color.

metallic

English

Alternative forms

* metallick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

    • Derived terms

    * intermetallic * metallically * metallicity

    Related terms

    * metal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A color
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    metallurgical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (metallurgy) Of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.

    • Derived terms

    * metallurgically