What is the difference between nife and nickel?

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Nife is a related term of nickel.


As nouns the difference between nife and nickel

is that nife is (geology) nickel–iron, especially the material that makes up the core of the earth while nickel is (uncountable) a silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol ni.

As a verb nickel is

to plate with nickel.

nife

English

(wikipedia nife)

Alternative forms

* Nife, NiFe

Noun

(-)
  • (geology) nickel–iron, especially the material that makes up the core of the Earth

    • See also

    * KREEP * sial * sima

    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 ----