alloy vs electrum

electrum vs alloy

alloy and electrum both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but electrum is not a verb.

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

As nouns, electrum is a hyponym of alloy; that is, electrum 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
electrum: an alloy of gold and silver

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, Alnico, amalgam, dental amalgam, fusible metal, 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)	electrum (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	an alloy of gold and silver
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)	electrum (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and electrum

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