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Metals vs Composite - What's the difference?

metals | composite |

As nouns the difference between metals and composite

is that metals is while composite is a mixture of different components.

As verbs the difference between metals and composite

is that metals is (metal) while composite is to make a composite.

As an adjective composite is

made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

metals

English

Noun

(head)
  • (rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network
  • It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971.
  • * 1901 , Kipling, Kim ,
  • Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber.
  • * 1913 ,
  • They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (metal)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    composite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  • (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  • (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
  • Derived terms

    * composite bow * composite sketch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of different components.
  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  • (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae .
  • (mathematics) A function of a function.
  • (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  • Derived terms

    * DYC

    Verb

    (composit)
  • To make a composite.
  • I composited an image using computer software.