Silversmith vs. Blacksmith

Silversmithnoun

A person who makes articles out of silver usually larger than jewellery.

Blacksmithnoun

A person who forges iron.

Silversmithnoun

One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

Blacksmithnoun

(informal) A person who shoes horses.

Silversmithnoun

someone who makes or repairs articles of silver

Blacksmithnoun

A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

Silversmith

A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms silversmith and goldsmith are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary greatly as may the scale of objects created.

Blacksmithverb

(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

Blacksmithnoun

A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.

‘The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.’;

Blacksmithnoun

A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis, or Heliastes punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

Blacksmithnoun

a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).