Stellite vs alloy

alloy vs Stellite

Stellite and alloy both are nouns.

Stellite is not a verb while alloy is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Stellite	Yes	No	No	No
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, alloy is a hypernym of Stellite; that is, alloy is a word with a broader meaning than Stellite:

Stellite: a very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear
alloy: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

Other hypernyms of Stellite include metal.

Stellite (noun)	alloy (noun)
a very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear	the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
	a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

Stellite (verb)	alloy (verb)
	lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
	make an alloy of

Difference between Stellite and alloy

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