amalgam vs alloy

alloy vs amalgam

amalgam and alloy both are nouns.

amalgam is not a verb while alloy is a verb.

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

As nouns, alloy is a hypernym of amalgam; that is, alloy is a word with a broader meaning than amalgam:

amalgam: an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
alloy: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

Other hypernyms of amalgam include metal.

amalgam (noun)	alloy (noun)
a combination or blend of diverse things	the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams	a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

amalgam (verb)	alloy (verb)
	lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
	make an alloy of

Difference between amalgam and alloy

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