alloy vs bearing metal

bearing metal vs alloy

alloy and bearing metal both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but bearing metal is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No
bearing metal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bearing metal is a hyponym of alloy; that is, bearing metal 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
bearing metal: an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings

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, 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)	bearing metal (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings
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)	bearing metal (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and bearing metal

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