Gold vs. Gilt — What's the Difference?

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In a pure form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.

Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint.

A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.

Gold leaf or gold paint applied in a thin layer to a surface.

A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour

Fixed-interest loan securities issued by the UK government.

Coins or other articles made of gold

A young sow.

The bullseye of an archery target.

A past tense and a past participle of gild1.

Symbol Au A soft, yellow, corrosion-resistant element, the most malleable and ductile metal, occurring in veins and alluvial deposits and recovered by mining, panning, or sluicing. A good thermal and electrical conductor, gold is generally alloyed to increase its strength, and it is used as a common monetary standard, in jewelry, for decoration, and as a plated coating on a wide variety of electrical and mechanical components. Atomic number 79; atomic weight 196.967; melting point 1,064.2°C; boiling point 2,856.0°C; specific gravity 19.3; valence 1, 3. See Periodic Table.

Covered with gold or gilt.

Coinage made of this element.

Resembling gold, as in color or luster.

A gold standard.

A thin layer of gold or a paint containing or simulating gold that is applied in gilding.

Money; riches.

Superficial brilliance or gloss.

A light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow.

(Slang) Money.

Something regarded as having great value or goodness

A young sow that has not farrowed.

A medal made of gold awarded to one placing first in a competition, as in the Olympics

(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. Category:en:Gold

Having the color of gold.

Gold-colored paint or other coating.

(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

Money.

A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).

(uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

A gilded object, an object covered with gold.

(countable) The bullseye of an archery target.

A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

(countable) A gold medal.

Golden coloured.

(figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.

Simple past tense and past participle of gild

A grill jewellery worn on front teeth made of gold.

A female pig, when young.

Made of gold.

Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.

Having gold of gold.

Money.

(of commercial services) Premium, superior.

Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.

Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.

A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

To appear or cause to appear golden.

Of or referring to a gold version of something

An old English name of some yellow flower, - the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4° C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

Money; riches; wealth.

A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.

Coins made of gold

A deep yellow color;

A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

Great wealth;

Something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.;

Made from or covered with gold;

Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;