WordCmp.com

pig iron vs spiegeleisen

spiegeleisen vs pig iron

pig iron and spiegeleisen both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pig iron Yes No No No
spiegeleisen Yes No No No
As nouns, spiegeleisen is a hyponym of pig iron; that is, spiegeleisen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pig iron:
  • pig iron: crude iron tapped from a blast furnace
  • spiegeleisen: pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
Other hyponyms of pig iron include basic iron, cinder pig, mine pig, spiegel, spiegel iron.
pig iron (noun) spiegeleisen (noun)
crude iron tapped from a blast furnace pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
Difference between pig iron and spiegeleisen

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.