Silver vs. Sliver — What's the Difference?

Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ: "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal.

A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter

Symbol Ag A lustrous white, ductile, malleable metallic element, occurring both uncombined and in ores such as argentite, having the highest thermal and electrical conductivity of the metals. It is highly valued for jewelry, tableware, and other ornamental use and is widely used in coinage, photography, dental and soldering alloys, electrical contacts, and printed circuits. Atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.868; melting point 961.78°C; boiling point 2,162°C; specific gravity 10.50 (20°C); valence 1, 2. See Periodic Table.

A small narrow piece, portion, or plot

This metallic element as a commodity or medium of exchange.

A continuous strand of loose fiber, such as wool, flax, silk, or cotton, ready to be roved or spun.

Coins made of this metallic element.

To split or become split into slivers.

A medal made of silver awarded to one placing second in a competition, as in the Olympics.

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

Domestic articles, such as tableware, made of or plated with silver.

(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.

Tableware, especially eating and serving utensils, made of steel or another metal.

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

A lustrous medium gray.

(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

A silver salt, especially silver nitrate, used to sensitize paper.

A narrow high-rise apartment building.

Made of or containing silver

A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

Resembling silver, especially in having a lustrous shine; silvery.

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Of a lustrous medium gray

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

Having a soft, clear, resonant sound.

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

Eloquent; persuasive

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Favoring the adoption of silver as a standard of currency

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Of or constituting a 25th anniversary.

A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal;

To cover, plate, or adorn with silver or a similar lustrous substance.

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

To give a silver color to.

Divide into slivers or splinters

To coat (photographic paper) with a film of silver nitrate or other silver salt.

Break up into splinters or slivers;

To become silvery.

Form into slivers;

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

Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

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

Any items made from silver or any other white metal.

(uncountable) A shiny gray color.

(countable) a silver medal

Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.

Made from silver.

Made from another white metal.

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

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

(of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.

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

To acquire a silvery colour.

To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.

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

To make hoary, or white, like silver.

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.

Coin made of silver; silver money.

Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.

The color of silver.

Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.

Resembling silver.

Precious; costly.

To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.

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

To make hoary, or white, like silver.

To acquire a silvery color.

A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

Coins made of silver

A light shade of gray

Silverware eating utensils

A medal made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam;

Make silver in color;

Turn silver;

Made from or largely consisting of silver;

Having the white lustrous sheen of silver;

Lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver;

Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively;