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Palladium vs Platinoid - What's the difference?

palladium | platinoid |

As nouns the difference between palladium and platinoid

is that palladium is a safeguard (from a statue of athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of troy) or palladium can be a metallic chemical element (symbol pd) with an atomic number of 46 while platinoid is (chemistry) any of several metals that resemble platinum in their chemistry; especially osmium, iridium and palladium.

As an adjective platinoid is

of or resembling platinum.

palladium

English

(wikipedia palladium)

Etymology 1

The sense of "safeguard" comes from (etyl) Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from (etyl) , an alternative name for Athena.

Noun

(palladia)
  • A safeguard (from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy).
  • * Blackstone
    • The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights.

    Etymology 2

    The element was named after , an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
    • Derived terms
    * dioxide of palladium * pallad- * palladic * palladiferous * palladio- * palladious, palladous * palladium chloride * palladium cyanide * palladium dichloride * palladium dinitrate * palladium hydride * palladiumise, palladiumize * palladium nitrate * protoxide of palladium
    Related terms
    * Pallas

    platinoid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or resembling platinum

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of several metals that resemble platinum in their chemistry; especially osmium, iridium and palladium
  • An alloy of copper, nickel, tungsten, and zinc once used in heating elements