Pewter vs Bronze - What's the difference?
pewter | bronze |
An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
items made of pewter.
A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
(uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
(countable, and, uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
(countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
A bronze medal.
Boldness; impudence; brass.
* Alexander Pope
Made of bronze metal.
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Having a reddish-brown colour.
(lb) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
To plate with bronze.
To color bronze.
(of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
* 2006 , Melissa Lassor, "Out of Darkness", page 124 in Watching Time
To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
* Sir Walter Scott
As nouns the difference between pewter and bronze
is that pewter is an alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony while bronze is a natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.As adjectives the difference between pewter and bronze
is that pewter is of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal while bronze is made of bronze metal.As a verb bronze is
to plate with bronze.pewter
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(wikipedia pewter)Alternative forms
* pewtreNoun
Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* pewterer * pewterwareSee also
* touchmark * trifle *bronze
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(wikipedia bronze)Noun
- Embrown'd with native bronze , lo! Henley stands.
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
(terms derived from bronze) * arsenical bronze * bell bronze * Bronze Age * bronze medal * Bronze Star * bronzite * phosphor bronzeVerb
(bronz)- My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
- His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day.
- the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead
