alloy vs blend

alloy and blend both are nouns.

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

As verbs, blend is a hypernym of alloy; that is, blend is a word with a broader meaning than alloy:

Other hypernyms of alloy include coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix.

alloy (noun)	blend (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	the act of blending components together thoroughly
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten	a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
	an occurrence of thorough mixing

alloy (verb)	blend (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content	mix together different elements
make an alloy of	combine into one
	blend or harmonize