What is the difference between silver and iron?
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(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
(collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
(countable) A shiny gray color.
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Made from another white metal.
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
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(label) Premium, but inferior to gold.
To acquire a silvery colour.
*(w) (1827-1905)
*:The eastern sky began to silver and shine.
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
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To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
*(John Gay) (1685-1732)
*:His head was silvered o'er with age.
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
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(uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
Shackles.
(slang) A handgun.
(uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
A male homosexual.
(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
(uncountable) Great strength or power.
(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
(figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
(archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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To furnish or arm with iron.
Iron is a hypernym of silver.
In uncountable terms the difference between silver and iron
is that silver is a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag while iron is great strength or power.In countable terms the difference between silver and iron
is that silver is a shiny gray color while iron is a tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.As a proper noun Silver
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}} for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.silver
English
(wikipedia silver)Noun
Synonyms
* (metallic element) (l) * (white-metal coins) (l) * (cutlery and other eating utensils) silverware * (when used as a food colouring)Derived terms
(derived terms) * silver alert * spp. ) * ) * ) * () * silver bell tree / silver-bell tree / (Halesia ) * silver berry / silverberry (Elaeagnus ) * silverbill (Lonchura spp. ) * silver birch (Betula pendula ) * silver book * * silver bromide * silver bullet * silver-bush / silverbush * silver ceiling * silver certificate * silver chloride * silver city * silver cord * silver doctor * silver dollar * silver-eared mesia * silver eye / silver-eye / silvereye * ) * silverfin ) * silverfish * silver fir * silver fizz * silver fluoride * silver foil * silver-fork deformity * silver-fork fracture * silver fox * silver frost * silver gilt * silver goose * silver grass * silver-green * silver gray / silver-gray / silvergray / silver grey / silver-grey * silver hake * silver halide * silver iodate * silver iodide * silver jenny * silver jubilee * silver lace / silver-lace * silver lace vine / silver-lace vine * silver leaf * silver-leafed / silver-leaved * silver-leaved nettle * silver-leaved nightshade * silver-leaved poplar * silver lime * silver linden * silver lining * silver maple * silver medal * silver medalist * silver mine * silver mound * silver nitrate * silver oak * silver paper * silver parachute * silver perch * silver pine * silver plate / silver-plate * silver point * silver poplar * silver protein * silver protein stain * silver quandong * silver quandong tree * silver sage * silver sagebrush * silver salmon * silver-scaled * silver screen * silver skin / silver-skin * silver solder * silver spring * silver spruce * silver standard * silver star * silver star medal * silver state * silver storm * silver thatch * silver thaw * silver-tip * silver tree * silver tree fern * silver trout * silver vine * silver wattle * silver willow * silver-workerAdjective
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- Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.
Synonyms
* (having a color like silver) silveryDerived terms
* antimonial silver * bismuth-silver * bromic silver * capillary silver * colloidal silver * cat-silver * dark red silver ore * desilver * desilverise, desilverize * every cloud has a silver lining * flat silver * German silver * horn silver * iodic silver * light red silver ore * (Long John Silver) * molybdic silver * native silver * nickel silver, nickel-silver * red silver * ruby silver * sheep-silver * shell silver * silver age * silver alum * silverback * silver ball * silver balli * silver band * silver bar * silver bath * silver-beater * silver beech * silver beet * silver-beggar * silver bell, silver bell tree * silver-belly * silver bennet * silver berry, silverberry * silverbill * silver birch * silver-black * silver blond, silver blonde * Silverblu, Silver Blu, Silver Blue * silver bream * silver bromide * silver bronze * silver buckle * silver bullet * silver certificate * silver chain * silver char * silver chickweed * silver chloride * silver collection * silver-colored, silver-coloured * silver-copper nitrate * silver cord * the silver cord is loosed * silver doctor * silver dollar * silver dollar fish * silver-dun * silvered * silver eel * silverer * silverette * silver-eye, silvereye * silver-eyes * silver-feast * silver feather * silver fern * silver fir * silver fish, silver-fish, silverfish * silver-fizz * silver fluoride * silver foil * silver-footed * silver-fork * silver fox * silver frost * silver fulminate * silver garfish * silver gibbon * silver gilt, silver-gilt * silver glass * silver grain, silver-grain * silver grass, silver-grass * silver-gray, silver-grey * silver gull * silver-haired * silver hair-grass * silver hake * silver halide * silver handshake * silver-head * silver-headed * silver herb * silver-hilted * silverily * silveriness * silvering * silver iodide * silverise, silverize * silverish * silverism * silverist * silverite * silver iodide * silver jubilee * silver king * silver knapweed * silver lady * Silver Lady * silver lamprey * silver lavender * silver lead, silver-lead * silver-leaf * silver-leaved * silverless * silver-like * silver line, silver lines * silver lining * silver luster, silver lustre * silverly * silver maple * silver-marmoset * silver medal * silver medalist, silver medallist * silver mine * silver-mounted * silverness * silver nitrate * silver oak * silver oar * Silver Office * silver ore * silver oxide * silver paper * silver perch * silver pheasant * silver piece * silver pike * silver pine, silver pine tree * silver plate * silver-plate * silver-plated * silver plover * silver-point, silverpoint * silver-pointed * silver polish * silver poplar * silver-powder * silver print * silver-printing * silver rain * silver ring * silver rule * silver salmon * silver sand * silver-scaled * silver screen * silver service * silver-shafted * Silver Shirts * silver-side, silverside * silver-sides, silversides * silver-skin, silverskin * silversmith * silversmithing * silver solder * silver sole * silver spoon * silver-spoonism * silver-spot, silverspot * silver-sprig * silver standard * Silver Star, Silver Star medal * silver state * Silver State * silver steel * silver-stick * silver streak * silver string * silver sulfide, silver sulphide * silver surfer * silversword * silver table * silvertail, silver-tail * silver-tailed * silver tea * silver telluride * silver thaw * silver thistle * silver thread * silver-tip, silvertip * silver tongue * silver-tongued * silver top * silver-tree * silver trout * silver trumpet * silver trumpeter * silver-voiced * silverware * silver-washed fritillary * silver wattle * silver wedding * silverweed * silver weight * silver whiskers * silver-white * silver-white cobalt * silver willow * silver wire, silver-wire * silver-wood * silver-work * silver wreck * silvery * silver y, silver y moth * sterling silver * telluric silver * telluride of gold and silver * telluride of silverSee also
* argent * argentaffin * argental * argentan * argentane * argentate * argenteous * argentian * argentic * argentiferous * argentific * argentify * Argentina * Argentine * argentine * argentite * argento- * argentometer * argentous * argentry * argentum nitricum * argyria * electrum * (hydrargyrum) * litharge * piastre * plateresque * polybasite * proustite * pyrargyrite * (Rio de la Plata) * sylvanite *Verb
(en verb)Statistics
*Anagrams
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(wikipedia iron)Noun
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "iron")Synonyms
* (metallic chemical element) ferrum * (tool for pressing clothing) flatiron (old-fashioned), smoothing iron (old-fashioned) * (shackles) shackles * (homosexual) poof, queer * (strength or power) energy, forceHypernyms
* (metallic chemical element) chemical element, metal; atom * (tool for pressing clothing) tool, mechanical device * (shackles) restraint * (handgun) weapon * (dark shade of silver) colour, color; shade; silver * (strength or power) force, might, energyHyponyms
* (shackles) leg irons * (golf club) driving iron, long iron, short iron, , * (strength or power) ironmanMeronyms
* (parts or members of metallic chemical element) electron, neutron, protonHolonyms
* (metallic chemical element) molecule (sometimes)Coordinate terms
* (tool for pressing clothing) mangleDerived terms
* angle iron * arsenical iron * bar iron * barking iron * beak-iron * beck-iron * bick-iron * big iron * Bessemer iron * bog iron * bog iron ore * boom-iron * box iron * branding iron * cast iron * cast-iron * chromate of iron * chrome iron * chrome iron ore * chromic iron * climbing iron * copper-iron * corrugated iron * cramp-iron * crimping iron * crisping iron * curling iron * ductile iron * electric iron * fire-irons * flatiron * fresh off the irons * galvanised iron * galvanized iron * gamma-iron * grappling iron * gray iron * have too many irons in the fire * in iron * in irons * Iron Age * iron alum * ironbark * iron-bind * iron-binding * iron-blue * iron-blue fly * iron-bound * iron buff * iron carbide * iron-cased * iron cement * ironclad * iron-clad * iron chloride * iron clay * iron cloth * Iron Curtain * iron curtain * iron deficiency * iron-deficient * ironed * iron fall * iron flint * iron-founder * iron-founding * iron-foundry * iron-free * iron gang * iron glance * iron grass * iron-gray * iron-grey * iron-handed * iron-hard * iron hat * iron-headed * ironheads * ironheart * iron-hearted * iron hoof * iron horse * iron hydroxide * iron iodide * ironish * ironless * iron liquor * iron loss * iron maid * iron maiden * iron-maker * iron-making * ironman * iron-manganese tungstate * iron mask * ironmaster * iron meteorite * iron mine * iron-miner * iron-mining * iron mold * iron mould * ironmonger * iron monticellite * iron mountain * ironness * iron ore * iron oxide * iron pan * iron period * iron phosphate * iron-plated * iron play * iron player * iron protoxide * iron pyrites * iron ration * iron salt * iron sand * iron saw * iron scale * iron-shod * ironshot, iron-shot * iron-sick * Ironside * Ironsides * iron-sided * iron shrub * iron smelting * ironsmith * iron sponge * iron stain * iron stand * ironstone * iron strap * iron sulfate * iron sulphate * iron sulfide * iron sulphide * iron-sulfur cluster * iron-sulphur cluster * iron-tree * iron tribromide * iron trichloride * iron tungstate * iron virgin * ironware * ironweed * ironwood * ironwork * ironwort * irony * iron yellow * * * * * Italian iron * jagging iron * leg-iron * midiron * nickel-iron * pig iron * pinking iron * pump iron * put every iron in the fire * red iron oxide * sad-iron * scrap iron * searing-iron * sheet iron * shooting-iron * silicon iron * smoothing iron * snarling-iron * soldering iron * sponge iron * steam iron * stirrup-iron * strike while the iron is hot * sulfate of iron * sulphate of iron * tire iron * tyre iron * toasting-iron * toggle-iron * to have * too many irons in the fire * tow-iron * waffle iron * wear iron * white iron * wrought iron * zinc ironSee also
* cementite * colcothar * ferrate * ferratin * ferredoxin * ferretto * ferrimagnetism * ferrite * ferritin * ferronerie * ferronnerie * * * Flores martis * haem * heme * haematite * hematite * haemochromatosis * hemochromatosis * magnetite * molysite * nife * Prussian blue * rust * steel * synthetic maghemite * wustite *References
Adjective
(en adjective)- She had an iron will.
- He held on with an iron grip.
- an iron constitution
Synonyms
* adamant, adamantine, brassboundHypernyms
* (made of the metal iron) metal, metallicHyponyms
* (made of the metal iron) wrought-ironSee also
* ferrous, ferricDerived terms
* iron cap * iron chink * Iron Cross * Iron Duke * iron-faced * iron-fisted * Iron Guard * iron gum * iron gum tree * iron hand * iron horse * iron jubilee * iron law * ironly * iron lung * iron mike * iron oak * iron paper * iron sleep * iron slumber * iron walls * iron wedding * iron-willed * iron-witted * iron-wordedVerb
(en verb)- Ironed like a malefactor.
- to iron a wagon