The difference between Iron and Silver

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 silver means a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol ag.

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 silver means to acquire a silvery colour.

When used as adjectives, iron means made of the metal iron, whereas silver means made from silver.

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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. Silver as a noun (uncountable):

    A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

  2. Silver as a noun:

    Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

  3. Silver as a noun:

    Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

  4. Silver as a noun:

    Any items made from silver or any other white metal.

  5. Silver as a noun (countable):

    A shiny gray color.

    Examples:

    "color paneC0C0C0"

  6. Silver as a noun:

    Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.

  1. Silver as an adjective:

    Made from silver.

  2. Silver as an adjective:

    Made from another white metal.

  3. Silver as an adjective:

    Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

  4. Silver as an adjective:

    Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.

  5. Silver as an adjective (of commercial services):

    Premium, but inferior to gold.

  6. Silver as an adjective:

    Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

    Examples:

    "a silver-voiced young girl"

  1. Silver as a verb:

    To acquire a silvery colour.

  2. Silver as a verb:

    To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.

    Examples:

    "to silver a pin;  to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury"

  3. Silver as a verb:

    To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.

  4. Silver as a verb:

    To make hoary, or white, like silver.

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