Pb vs metal

Pb and metal both are nouns.

Pb is not an adjective while metal is an adjective.

Pb is not a verb while metal is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Pb	Yes	No	No	No
metal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, metal is a hypernym of Pb; that is, metal is a word with a broader meaning than Pb:

Pb: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
metal: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

Other hypernyms of Pb include metallic element, carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel.

Pb (noun)	metal (noun)
a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits	any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey	a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

Pb (adjective)	metal (adjective)
	containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal

Pb (verb)	metal (verb)
	cover with metal

Difference between Pb and metal

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