is a specific kind of: chemical element, element.

is a broader term that covers: heavy metal | base metal | noble metal | Al, aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13 | Am, americium, atomic number 95 | antimony, atomic number 51, Sb | atomic number 56, Ba, barium | atomic number 97, berkelium, Bk | atomic number 4, Be, beryllium, glucinium | atomic number 83, Bi, bismuth | atomic number 48, cadmium, Cd | atomic number 20, Ca, calcium | atomic number 98, californium, Cf | atomic number 58, Ce, cerium | atomic number 55, caesium, cesium, Cs | atomic number 24, chromium, Cr | atomic number 27, Co, cobalt | atomic number 29, copper, Cu | atomic number 96, Cm, curium | atomic number 66, Dy, dysprosium | atomic number 99, E, einsteinium, Es | atomic number 68, Er, erbium | atomic number 63, Eu, europium | atomic number 100, fermium, Fm | atomic number 87, Fr, francium | atomic number 64, gadolinium, Gd | atomic number 31, Ga, gallium | atomic number 72, hafnium, Hf | atomic number 67, Ho, holmium | atomic number 49, In, indium | atomic number 77, Ir, iridium | atomic number 26, Fe, iron | atomic number 57, La, lanthanum | atomic number 82, lead, Pb | atomic number 3, Li, lithium | atomic number 71, Lu, lutecium, lutetium | atomic number 12, magnesium, Mg | atomic number 25, manganese, Mn | atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver | atomic number 42, Mo, molybdenum | atomic number 60, Nd, neodymium | atomic number 93, neptunium, Np | atomic number 28, Ni, nickel | atomic number 41, Nb, niobium | atomic number 76, Os, osmium | atomic number 46, palladium, Pd | atomic number 84, Po, polonium | atomic number 19, K, potassium | atomic number 59, Pr, praseodymium | atomic number 61, Pm, promethium | atomic number 91, Pa, protactinium, protoactinium | atomic number 88, Ra, radium | atomic number 75, Re, rhenium | atomic number 45, Rh, rhodium | atomic number 37, Rb, rubidium | atomic number 44, Ru, ruthenium | atomic number 62, samarium, Sm | atomic number 21, Sc, scandium | atomic number 11, Na, sodium | atomic number 38, Sr, strontium | atomic number 73, Ta, tantalum | atomic number 43, Tc, technetium | atomic number 65, Tb, terbium | atomic number 81, thallium, Tl | atomic number 90, Th, thorium | atomic number 69, thulium, Tm | atomic number 50, Sn, tin | atomic number 22, Ti, titanium | atomic number 74, tungsten, W, wolfram | atomic number 92, U, uranium | atomic number 23, V, vanadium | atomic number 70, Yb, ytterbium | atomic number 39, Y, yttrium | atomic number 30, zinc, Zn | atomic number 40, zirconium, Zr | alkali metal, alkaline metal | alkaline-earth metal, alkaline earth ... show more.

derivation: metal | metal, metallic.