alloy vs Alnico

Alnico vs alloy

alloy and Alnico both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but Alnico is not a verb.

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

As nouns, Alnico is a hyponym of alloy; that is, Alnico 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
Alnico: trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, 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)	Alnico (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium
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)	Alnico (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and Alnico

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