alloy vs pewter

pewter vs alloy

alloy and pewter both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but pewter is not a verb.

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

As nouns, pewter is a hyponym of alloy; that is, pewter 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
pewter: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, Alnico, amalgam, dental amalgam, fusible metal, electrum, 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)	pewter (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
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)	pewter (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and pewter

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