alloy vs Stellite

Stellite vs alloy

alloy and Stellite both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but Stellite is not a verb.

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

As nouns, Stellite is a hyponym of alloy; that is, Stellite 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
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

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 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, sterling silver, tambac, tombac, tombak, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal.

alloy (noun)	Stellite (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	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
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)	Stellite (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and Stellite

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