alloy vs white gold

white gold vs alloy

alloy and white gold both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but white gold is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No
white gold	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, white gold is a hyponym of alloy; that is, white gold 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
white gold: a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium

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, 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)	white gold (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium
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)	white gold (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and white gold

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