The difference between Copper and Malachite

When used as nouns, copper means a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol cu, and atomic number 29, whereas malachite means a bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, cu2co3(oh)2.

When used as adjectives, copper means made of copper, whereas malachite means of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.

Copper is also verb with the meaning: to sheathe or coat with copper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Copper and Malachite

  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.

  1. Malachite as a noun (mineral):

    A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.

  2. Malachite as a noun:

    A mild green colour, like that of the mineral.

    Examples:

    "color pane00885A"

  1. Malachite as an adjective:

    Of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.

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