alloy vs sterling silver

sterling silver vs alloy

alloy and sterling silver both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but sterling silver is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No
sterling silver	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sterling silver is a hyponym of alloy; that is, sterling silver 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
sterling silver: a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper

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, 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, tambac, tombac, tombak, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal.

alloy (noun)	sterling silver (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper
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)	sterling silver (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and sterling silver

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