Bronze vs. Brazen

Bronzenoun

(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

Brazenadjective

(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).

Bronzenoun

A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

Brazenadjective

Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

Bronzenoun

(countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.

Brazenadjective

(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.

Bronzenoun

A bronze medal.

Brazenadjective

Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing.

‘She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so.’;

Bronzenoun

Boldness; impudence; brass.

Brazenverb

(intransitive) To turn a brass color.

Bronzeadjective

Made of bronze metal.

Brazenverb

(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.

Bronzeadjective

Having a reddish-brown colour.

Brazenadjective

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

Bronzeadjective

(of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

Brazenadjective

Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.

Bronzeverb

(transitive) To plate with bronze.

‘My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.’;

Brazenadjective

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.

Bronzeverb

(transitive) To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.

Brazenverb

To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.

‘Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.’;

Bronzeverb

To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

Brazenverb

face with defiance or impudence;

‘brazen it out’;

Bronzeverb

(transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

Brazenadjective

unrestrained by convention or propriety;

‘an audacious trick to pull’; ‘a barefaced hypocrite’; ‘the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim’; ‘bold-faced lies’; ‘brazen arrogance’; ‘the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress’;

Bronzenoun

An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.

Brazenadjective

made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

Bronzenoun

A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.

‘A print, a bronze, a flower, a root.’;

Brazenadjective

bold and without shame

‘a brazen hussy’; ‘he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance’;

Bronzenoun

A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.

Brazenadjective

made of brass

‘brazen fire irons’;

Bronzenoun

Boldness; impudence; "brass."

‘Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands.’;

Brazenadjective

harsh in sound

‘the music's brazen chords’;

Bronzeverb

To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.

‘The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger.’;

Brazenverb

endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame

‘there was nothing to do but brazen it out’;

Bronzeverb

To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

‘The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead.’;

Bronzenoun

an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

Bronzenoun

a sculpture made of bronze

Bronzeverb

give the color and appearance of bronze to something;

‘bronze baby shoes’;

Bronzeverb

get a tan, from wind or sun

Bronzeadjective

of the color of bronze

Bronzeadjective

made from or consisting of bronze

Bronzenoun

a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin

‘the Minoans made large numbers of statuettes in ivory and bronze’; ‘a bronze statue’;

Bronzenoun

a sculpture or other object made of bronze

‘on the black bookcase were three exquisite bronzes’;

Bronzenoun

short for bronze medal

Bronzenoun

a yellowish-brown colour

‘rich, gleaming shades of bronze’;

Bronzeverb

make (a person or part of the body) suntanned

‘Alison was bronzed by outdoor life’;

Bronzeverb

give (something) a surface of bronze or something resembling bronze

‘the doors were bronzed with sculpted reliefs’;

Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as strength, ductility, or machinability.