Precious metals
Silver and precious metals are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silver" instead a noun phrase "Precious metals".
Silver
Silver noun - Eating and serving utensils.
Precious metals and silver are semantically related. You can use "Precious metals" instead a noun "Silver".
Both terms in one sentence
- Precious Metals - For some reason, precious metals like silver, gold, or even platinum are often treated as stronger than iron.
Source: Elemental Crafting - While facial hair was common among Anglo-Saxon men, they were worn neatly trimmed and groomed, often with gold, silver, or other precious metals as decoration (and generally worn rather short).
Source: Useful Notes / Anglo-Saxons - Gold, silver, and other precious metals are still traded in units of Troy ounces; a bullion ingot of exactly 1 Troy ounce would weigh 1.07 ounces on a postal scale.
Source: Analysis / Unit Confusion
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