Difference between Ferrous and Metal

What is the difference between Ferrous and Metal?

Ferrous as an adjective is of, or containing iron while Metal as a verb is to make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Ferrous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, or containing iron of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2

Metal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.Any element other than hydrogen and helium, or sometimes other than hydrogen.Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objectsA category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) categorised by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

Example sentence: We have a rock audience, classical audience, metal, pop - everything. We unite them all.

We hope you now know whether to use Ferrous or Metal in your sentence.

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