Copper vs. Russet — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Copper and Russet
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity.
Russet
A moderate to strong brown.
Copper
Symbol Cu A ductile, malleable, reddish-brown metallic element that is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and is widely used for electrical wiring, water piping, and corrosion-resistant parts, either pure or in alloys such as brass and bronze. Atomic number 29; atomic weight 63.546; melting point 1,085°C; boiling point 2,562°C; specific gravity 8.96; valence 1, 2. See Periodic Table.
Russet
A coarse gray, brown, or reddish-brown homespun cloth.
Copper
A coin, usually of small denomination, made of copper or a copper alloy.
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Russet
A winter apple with a rough reddish-brown skin.
Copper
Chiefly British A large cooking pot made of copper or often of iron.
Russet
Any of various varieties of potato having reddish-brown skin, especially a russet Burbank.
Copper
Any of various small butterflies of the subfamily Lycaeninae, having predominantly copper-colored wings.
Russet
Moderate to strong brown.
Copper
A reddish brown.
Russet
A reddish-brown color.
Copper
A police officer.
Russet
A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
Copper
To coat or finish with a layer of copper.
Russet
A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
Copper
(Slang) To bet against, as in faro.
Russet
A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.
Copper
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
Russet
Having a reddish-brown color.
Copper
The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
Russet
(archaic) Gray or ash-colored.
Copper
Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.
Russet
Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
Copper
(countable) A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.
Russet
The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
Copper
A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.
Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.
I explain that socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.
Russet
(botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.
Copper
(entomology) Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
Russet
To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.
Copper
A police officer.
Russet
Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
The morn, in russet mantle clad.
Our summer such a russet livery wears.
Copper
Made of copper.
Russet
Coarse; homespun; rustic.
Copper
Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
Russet
A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
Copper
To sheathe or coat with copper.
Russet
Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
Copper
A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
Russet
A country dress; - so called because often of a russet color.
Copper
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
My friends filled my pockets with coppers.
Russet
An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Copper
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
Russet
A reddish brown homespun fabric
Copper
The boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
All in a hot and copper sky.
Russet
Brown with a reddish tinge
Copper
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
Copper
A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
Copper
A copper penny
Copper
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Copper
A reddish brown the color of polished copper
Copper
Any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having copper colored wings
Copper
Coat with a layer of copper
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