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nickel vs metallic element

metallic element vs nickel

nickel and metallic element both are nouns.

nickel is a verb but metallic element is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nickel Yes No Yes No
metallic element Yes No No No
As nouns, metallic element is a hypernym of nickel; that is, metallic element is a word with a broader meaning than nickel:
  • nickel: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
  • metallic element: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Other hypernyms of nickel include metal.
nickel (noun) metallic element (noun)
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
five dollars worth of a drug
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
nickel (verb) metallic element (verb)
plate with nickel
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