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Silvery vs Argentous - What's the difference?

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Silvery is a synonym of argentous.


As adjectives the difference between silvery and argentous

is that silvery is resembling silver in color, shiny white while argentous is of, pertaining to or containing silver.

silvery

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • All the enameled race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
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  • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • Sprinkled or covered with silver.
  • Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
  • Derived terms

    * (silvery acacia) * (silvery flying fox) () * (silvery gade) * silvery gibbon * (silvery gull) * (l) * (silvery hair-grass) * (silvery hair-tail) * (silvery honeysuckle) () * (silvery oak) * (silvery pout) () * (silvery salmon) * (silvery shrew mole) * silvery-tongued

    argentous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
  • (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
  • Synonyms

    * argentic, silvery

    Derived terms

    * argentous chloride * argentous fluoride * argentous oxide

    See also

    * argentic