Silvery vs Argentous - What's the difference?
silvery | argentous | Synonyms |
Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
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, title= Sprinkled or covered with silver.
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
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)- All the enameled race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
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.}}