The difference between Copper and Verdigris

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 verdigris means a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

When used as verbs, copper means to sheathe or coat with copper, whereas verdigris means to cover, or coat, with verdigris.

Copper is also adjective with the meaning: made of copper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Copper and Verdigris

  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. Verdigris as a noun:

    A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

  2. Verdigris as a noun (chemistry, dated):

    Copper acetate.

  3. Verdigris as a noun:

    The colour of this patina or material.

    Examples:

    "color pane43B3AE"

  1. Verdigris as a verb:

    To cover, or coat, with verdigris.

    Examples:

    "An old verdigrised brass bugle.'' — Hawthorne."

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