silver vs gray

silver and gray both are nouns.

silver and gray both are adjectives.

silver and gray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silver	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
gray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, gray is a hypernym of silver; that is, gray is a word with a broader meaning than silver:

silver: a light shade of grey
gray: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Other hypernyms of silver include grayness, grey, greyness.

silver (noun)	gray (noun)
silverware eating utensils	horse of a light gray or whitish color
a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition	clothing that is a grey color
a light shade of grey	a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
coins made of silver	any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography	the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

silver (adjective)	gray (adjective)
of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver	of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively	intermediate in character or position
having the white lustrous sheen of silver	showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
made from or largely consisting of silver	used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

silver (verb)	gray (verb)
make silver in color	turn grey
turn silver	make grey
coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam

Difference between silver and gray

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