alloy vs tambac

tambac vs alloy

alloy and tambac both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but tambac is not a verb.

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

As nouns, tambac is a hyponym of alloy; that is, tambac 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
tambac: an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding

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, sterling silver, tombac, tombak, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal.

alloy (noun)	tambac (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
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)	tambac (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and tambac

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