Alloy vs. Compound

Alloynoun

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

Alloynoun

(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.

Alloynoun

An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.

Alloynoun

(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.

Alloyverb

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.

Alloyverb

(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.

Alloynoun

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

Alloynoun

The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

Alloynoun

A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Alloynoun

Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

Alloyverb

To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

Alloyverb

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloyverb

To form a metallic compound.

Alloynoun

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten;

Alloynoun

the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Alloyverb

lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

Alloyverb

make an alloy of

Alloy

An alloy is an admixture of metals, or a metal combined with one or more other elements. For example, combining the metallic elements gold and copper produces red gold, gold and silver becomes white gold, and silver combined with copper produces sterling silver.

Compoundnoun

an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

Compoundnoun

a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

Compoundnoun

Anything made by combining several things.

Compoundnoun

A substance made from any combination elements.

Compoundnoun

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

Compoundnoun

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.

Compoundnoun

(rail) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Compoundadjective

composed of elements; not simple

Compoundadjective

(math) dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process

Compoundadjective

(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Compoundverb

(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compoundverb

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.

Compoundverb

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compoundverb

To compose; to constitute.

Compoundverb

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To worsen a situation

Compoundnoun

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

Compoundnoun

That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

Compoundnoun

A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Compoundverb

To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

Compoundverb

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compoundverb

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compoundverb

To compose; to constitute.

Compoundverb

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

Compoundverb

To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; - usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compoundadjective

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

Compoundnoun

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

Compoundnoun

a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

Compoundnoun

an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Compoundverb

make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

Compoundverb

put or add together;

Compoundverb

calculate principal and interest

Compoundverb

create by mixing or combining

Compoundverb

combine so as to form a whole; mix;

Compoundadjective

of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes

Compoundadjective

consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;

Compoundadjective

composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;