Magnet vs Magnesium - What's the difference?
magnet | magnesium |
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
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A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
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As nouns the difference between magnet and magnesium
is that magnet is magnet while magnesium is magnesium.magnet
English
Noun
(wikipedia magnet) (en noun)- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet .
- ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
Derived terms
(Terms derived from "magnet") * babe magnet * bar magnet * electromagnet * ferromagnet * fridge magnet * magnetarium * magnetic * magnetise, magnetize * magnetism * magnet school * man magnet * permanent magnetSee also
* * ----magnesium
English
Noun
(-) (wikipedia magnesium)- The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.