Nickel vs. Dime — 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.

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

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

(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

A five-cent coin; five cents

(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.

Coat with nickel

(North America) A small amount of money.

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.

An assist.

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

(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.

To coat with nickel.

(slang) Ten dollars.

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

(slang) A thousand dollars.

A coin worth 5 cents.

(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.

Five dollars.

(slang) A ten year prison sentence.

Five hundred dollars.

(slang) Payment responsibility.

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

A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).

(slang) A playing card with the rank of five

(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

A five-year prison sentence.

To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

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

To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

An airborne propaganda leaflet.

A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

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

A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

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;