alloy vs amalgam

amalgam vs alloy

alloy and amalgam both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but amalgam is not a verb.

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

As nouns, amalgam is a hyponym of alloy; that is, amalgam 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
amalgam: an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, Alnico, 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)	amalgam (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	a combination or blend of diverse things
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten	an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

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

Difference between alloy and amalgam

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