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Nickel vs Calcium - What's the difference?

nickel | calcium |

As nouns the difference between nickel and calcium

is that nickel is a silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni while calcium is a chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

As a verb nickel

is to plate with nickel.

As a proper noun Nickel

is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names}.

nickel

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
  • (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
  • Five dollars.
  • Five hundred dollars.
  • Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
  • (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
  • A five-year prison sentence.

    • Derived terms

    * antimonial nickel * arsenical nickel * bismuth-nickel * copper-nickel * cupro-nickel * cupronickel * hot nickel * Nichrome * nickel-and-dime * nickel-antigorite * nickel bag * nickel-bloom * nickel bronze * nickel carbonyl * nickel chloride * nickel-chlorite * nickel glance * nickel green * nickel gymnite * nickel hydride * nickel hydroxide * nickelian * nickelic * nickeliferous * nickeline * nickel-in-the-slot * nickel-iron * nickelisation * nickelization * nickelise * nickelize * nickelite * nickel nitrate * nickel note * nickel nurser * nickelocene * nickelodeon * nickelous * nickel ocher * nickel ochre * nickel pyrites * nickel regulus * nickel salt * nickel silver * nickel-skudderudite * nickel spinel * nickel steel * nickel sulfate * nickel sulphate * nickel sulfide * nickel sulphide * nickel tetracarbonyl * not worth a plug nickel * not worth a plugged nickel * plug nickel * plugged nickel * Raney nickel * tetracarbonylnickel

    Related terms

    * kupfernickel * niccolite * nife * nitinol

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plate with nickel.

    • References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    See also

    * false copper * garnierite * pentlandite ----

    calcium

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia calcium) (Symbol'': ''Ca )
  • A chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
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  • (countable) An atom of this element.

    • Derived terms

    * bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide * calc-, calci- * calcic * calcio- * * * * * * * * calcium arsenate * calcium carbide * calcium carbonate * calcium chloride * calcium cyanamide * calcium dihydrogen phosphate * calcium fluoride * calcium hydride * calcium hydroxide * calcium light * calcium magnesium carbonate * calcium magnesium silicate * calcium nitrate * calcium oxide * calcium peroxide * calcium phosphate * calcium phosphide * calcium platinate * calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate * calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide * calcium tungstate * dicalcium * monocalcium * oxycalcium * tricalcium

    Related terms

    * BSCCO * * calcia * calcite * calx * calculus

    References

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    See also

    * chalk * lime * limestone ----