nickel vs silver

nickel

noun
  • A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. 

  • Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States. 

  • Five hundred dollars. 

  • A playing card with the rank of five 

  • A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four. 

  • Five dollars. 

  • A five-year prison sentence. 

  • An airborne propaganda leaflet. 

  • A coin worth 5 cents. 

verb
  • To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda. 

  • To plate with nickel. 

silver

noun
  • A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag. 

  • Coins made from silver or any similar white metal. 

  • a silver medal 

  • Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal. 

  • Any items made from silver or any other white metal. 

  • A shiny gray color. 

  • Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white. 

adj
  • Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound. 

  • Premium, but inferior to gold. 

  • Having a color like silver: a shiny gray. 

  • Made from silver. 

  • Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding. 

  • Made from another white metal. 

verb
  • To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. 

  • To acquire a silvery colour. 

  • To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal. 

  • To make hoary, or white, like silver. 

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