The difference between Silver and Silverware
When used as nouns, silver means a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol ag, whereas silverware means anything made from silver.
Silver is also verb with the meaning: to acquire a silvery colour.
Silver is also adjective with the meaning: made from silver.
check bellow for the other definitions of Silver and Silverware
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Silver as a noun (uncountable):
A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
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Silver as a noun:
Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
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Silver as a noun:
Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
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Silver as a noun:
Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
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Silver as a noun (countable):
A shiny gray color.
Examples:
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Silver as a noun:
Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
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Silver as an adjective:
Made from silver.
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Silver as an adjective:
Made from another white metal.
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Silver as an adjective:
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
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Silver as an adjective:
Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
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Silver as an adjective (of commercial services):
Premium, but inferior to gold.
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Silver as an adjective:
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
Examples:
"a silver-voiced young girl"
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Silver as a verb:
To acquire a silvery colour.
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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"
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Silver as a verb:
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
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Silver as a verb:
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
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Silverware as a noun:
Anything made from silver.
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Silverware as a noun:
Anything with a silvery colour.
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Silverware as a noun (US):
Knives, forks and spoons.
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Silverware as a noun (sports):
Trophies, success in a competition.