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Ultra vs Platinum - What's the difference?

ultra | platinum |

As adjectives the difference between ultra and platinum

is that ultra is ultra, extremist while platinum is of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

As nouns the difference between ultra and platinum

is that ultra is ultra, extremist while platinum is the metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol pt.

ultra

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
  • an ultra''' reformer; '''ultra measures

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ultraroyalist in France.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
  • *:"At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra' s nose and sighed.
  • An extremist.
  • * 2005', " Foreign '''ultra killed, three injured in J&K," ''The Times of India , 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
  • Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
  • (usually, capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
  • platinum

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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).
  • Derived terms

    * go platinum

    Noun

    (wikipedia platinum)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * platina (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * carboplatin * cisplatin * eka-platinum * go platinum * iridio-platinum * oxaliplatin * Paraplatin * platin- * platinammonium chloride * platinate * platinic * platiniferous * platiniridium * platinise, platinize * platinite * platino- * platinocyanide * platinode * platinoid * platinous * platinum arsenide * platinum-black * platinum blond, platinum blonde * platinum-blue * platinum coney * platinum dichloride * platinum disc, platinum disk * platinum fox * platinum-grey * platinum hexafluoride * platinum-iridium * platinum-lamp * platinum metal * platinum mink * platinum sponge * platinum-steel * platinum tetrachloride * platinum-zinc * potassio-platinum chloride

    See also

    * cooperite * sperrylite * ----