The difference between Bronze and Copper

When used as nouns, bronze means a naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals, whereas copper means a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol cu, and atomic number 29.

When used as verbs, bronze means to plate with bronze, whereas copper means to sheathe or coat with copper.

When used as adjectives, bronze means made of bronze metal, whereas copper means made of copper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bronze and Copper

  1. Bronze as a noun (uncountable):

    A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

  2. Bronze as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):

    A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

    Examples:

    "color pane826644"

  3. Bronze as a noun (countable):

    A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.

  4. Bronze as a noun:

    A bronze medal.

  5. Bronze as a noun:

    Boldness; impudence; brass.

  1. Bronze as an adjective:

    Made of bronze metal.

  2. Bronze as an adjective:

    Having a reddish-brown colour.

  3. Bronze as an adjective (of the skin):

    Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

  1. Bronze as a verb (transitive):

    To plate with bronze.

    Examples:

    "My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes."

  2. Bronze as a verb (transitive):

    To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.

  3. Bronze as a verb (intransitive, of the skin):

    To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

  4. Bronze as a verb (transitive):

    To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

  1. Copper as a noun (uncountable):

    A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

  2. Copper as a noun (countable):

    Something made of copper.

  3. Copper as a noun:

    The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

    Examples:

    "color paneBB5836"

  4. Copper as a noun (countable):

    A copper coin.

  5. Copper as a noun (UK, AU, dated):

    A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.

    Examples:

    "Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath."

    "I explain that socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink."

  1. Copper as an adjective:

    Made of copper.

  2. Copper as an adjective:

    Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

  1. Copper as a verb:

    To sheathe or coat with copper.

  1. Copper as a noun (slang, law enforcement):

    A police officer.

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