The difference between Silver and Silvery
When used as adjectives, silver means made from silver, whereas silvery means resembling silver in color, shiny white.
Silver is also noun with the meaning: a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol ag.
Silver is also verb with the meaning: to acquire a silvery colour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Silver and Silvery
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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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Silvery as an adjective:
Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
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Silvery as an adjective:
Sprinkled or covered with silver.
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Silvery as an adjective:
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
Examples:
"a silvery laugh"