Sliver vs Platinum - What's the difference?
sliver | platinum |
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
* 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.
*:A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
* Sir Walter Scott
Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
The metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt.
A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
(music) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
As nouns the difference between sliver and platinum
is that sliver is a long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter while platinum is the metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol pt.As a verb sliver
is to cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.As an adjective platinum is
of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.sliver
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (long piece cut or rent off) shard, slice, splinterVerb
(en verb)- to sliver wood
- (Shakespeare)
- They'll sliver thee like a turnip.