Nickel vs. Penny — 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 penny is a coin (pl. pennies) or a unit of currency (pl.

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

In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.

A five-cent coin; five cents

Abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth 1/100 of a pound. Also called new penny.

Coat with nickel

Abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth 1/12 of a shilling or 1/240 of a pound.

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.

A coin formerly used in the Republic of Ireland, worth 1/100 of a pound.

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

A coin used in various dependent territories of the United Kingdom.

To coat with nickel.

Any of various coins of small denomination.

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

A sum of money.

A coin worth 5 cents.

Variant of pinny.

Five dollars.

(Informal) A pinafore.

Five hundred dollars.

Or penny(Sports) One of a set of uniformly colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.

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

(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth 240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

(slang) A playing card with the rank of five

In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth 100 of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.

A five-year prison sentence.

(historical) In Ireland, a coin worth 100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

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

In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

An airborne propaganda leaflet.

In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

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

A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

Money in general.

To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda.

(slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.

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.

(electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

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

(Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink such that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.

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

Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand; - used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.

A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

Worth or costing one penny; as, penny candy.

Five dollars worth of a drug;

A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; - usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

Plate with nickel;

Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.

Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.

See Denarius.

A fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit