The difference between Iron and Metal

When used as nouns, iron means a common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel, whereas metal means any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms.

When used as verbs, iron means to pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases, whereas metal means to make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

When used as adjectives, iron means made of the metal iron, whereas metal means characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

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  1. Iron as a noun (uncountable):

    A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

  2. Iron as a noun (uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy):

    A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

  3. Iron as a noun (uncountable, countable, metallurgy):

    Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

    Examples:

    "wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron'"

  4. Iron as a noun (countable):

    A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

  5. Iron as a noun (usually plural, '''''[[irons]]'''''):

    Shackles.

  6. Iron as a noun (slang):

    A handgun.

  7. Iron as a noun (uncountable):

    A dark shade of the colour/color silver.

  8. Iron as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from '''[[iron hoof]]''', rhyming with '''[[poof]]'''; countable, offensive):

    A male homosexual.

  9. Iron as a noun (golf):

    A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

  10. Iron as a noun (uncountable):

    Great strength or power.

  11. Iron as a noun (weightlifting):

    Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

    Examples:

    "He lifts iron on the weekends."

  12. Iron as a noun:

    A safety curtain in a theatre

  1. Iron as an adjective (not comparable):

    Made of the metal iron.

  2. Iron as an adjective (figuratively):

    Strong , inflexible.

    Examples:

    "She had an iron will."

    "He held on with an iron grip."

    "an iron constitution"

    "'Iron men"

    "synonyms: adamant adamantine brassbound"

  1. Iron as a verb (transitive):

    To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

  2. Iron as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

  3. Iron as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish or arm with iron.

    Examples:

    "to iron a wagon"

  1. Metal as a noun:

    Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. The ore from which a metal is derived. A mine from which ores are taken.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Raymond"

  2. Metal as a noun (tincture):

    A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.

  3. Metal as a noun:

    Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  4. Metal as a noun (music):

    A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

  5. Metal as a noun (archaic):

    The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.

  6. Metal as a noun:

    The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.

  7. Metal as a noun (UK, obsolete, in the plural):

    The rails of a railway.

  8. Metal as a noun (informal, travel, aviation):

    The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

    Examples:

    "We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal."

  1. Metal as an adjective (music):

    Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

  2. Metal as an adjective:

    Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

  1. Metal as a verb:

    To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

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