Nickel vs. Chrome — What's the Difference?

Nickel is a chemical element with the symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge.

Chromium plate as a decorative or protective finish on motor-vehicle fittings and other objects

A silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 28.

Chromium or a chromium alloy.

A five-cent coin; five cents

Something plated with a chromium alloy.

Coat with nickel

A pigment containing chromium.

Symbol Ni A silvery, hard, ductile, ferromagnetic metallic element used in corrosion-resistant alloys, stainless steel, catalysts for hydrogenation, and batteries, and for electroplating. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,455°C; boiling point 2,913°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3. See Periodic Table.

To plate with chromium.

A coin of the United States or Canada worth five cents.

To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

To coat with nickel.

Chromium, when used to plate other metals.

(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

(graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.

A coin worth 5 cents.

Handguns

Five dollars.

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

Five hundred dollars.

(transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.

Same as Chromium.

(slang) A playing card with the rank of five

To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

A five-year prison sentence.

Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments

(American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.

Plate with chromium;

An airborne propaganda leaflet.

Treat with a chromium compound

Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda.

A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.70.

A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.

A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

Five dollars worth of a drug;

Plate with nickel;