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Nickel vs Iodine - What's the difference?

nickel | iodine |

In transitive terms the difference between nickel and iodine

is that nickel is to plate with nickel while iodine is to treat with iodine.

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 ----

    iodine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia iodine)
  • A chemical element (symbol : I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
  • An antiseptic incorporating the element.
  • (countable, uncountable, obsolete) An iodide.

    • Usage notes

    Note that the chemical symbol J' (not ' I ) is sometimes used in German chemistry texts.

    Synonyms

    * (antiseptic) tincture of iodine

    Derived terms

    * iod-, iodo- * iodimetry * iodinate * iodination * * iodine cyanide * iodine green * iodine heptafluoride * iodine monochloride * iodine number * iodine pentafluoride * iodine pentoxide * iodine scarlet * iodine trichloride * iodine value * iodine yellow * iodinised, iodinized * iodite * iodyrite * radioiodine * thyro-iodine * tincture of iodine

    Related terms

    * iodate * iode * iodic * iodide * iodipin * iodise, iodize * iodous

    Verb

    (iodin)
  • To treat with iodine.

    • Anagrams

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