alloy vs 18-karat gold

18-karat gold vs alloy

alloy and 18-karat gold both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but 18-karat gold is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No
18-karat gold	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, 18-karat gold is a hyponym of alloy; that is, 18-karat gold is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alloy:

alloy: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
18-karat gold: an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, Alnico, amalgam, dental amalgam, fusible metal, electrum, pewter, pinchbeck, pot metal, solder, white gold, type metal, bearing metal, white metal, babbitt, Babbitt metal, Britannia metal, Carboloy, steel, cheoplastic metal, copper-base alloy, dental gold, Duralumin, Inconel, Invar, nickel-base alloy, nickel alloy, German silver, nickel silver, pyrophoric alloy, shot metal, Stellite, sterling silver, tambac, tombac, tombak, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal.

alloy (noun)	18-karat gold (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

alloy (verb)	18-karat gold (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and 18-karat gold

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