What's the difference between cutlery and silverware?

Cutlery


Definition:

  • (n.) The business of a cutler.
  • (n.) Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We should welcome the change in the cutlery rule because it marginally improves the chances of sustaining public support for more serious security measures.
  • (2) The two of them were building towers with wooden blocks, but they got bored of that and decided to start introducing other objects – a camera, some cutlery, a glass of water – to the tower.
  • (3) Memorabilia - ranging from the mail sacks to some of the cutlery they used as they hid out - will be on display.
  • (4) If you were a man, and not incompetent, you would eventually be sent to see the editor, Max – Max Hastings, a frightening person who writes very well on war and rather less well on British Airways cutlery – to discuss a possible promotion to the news desk.
  • (5) He can just about feed himself with special cutlery, as long as the food is soft and cut up small.
  • (6) Silver-plated cutlery may also be a source of adventitious chromium in the diets of these post-menopausal subjects.
  • (7) The cases and means of homicidal cases were classified by cutlery and pointed weapons: 243 cases, strangulation and throttling: 104 cases, blunt or similar ones: 96 cases, fire arms (pistol or hunting gun): 35 cases, poisoning: 8 cases, murder by fire: 4 cases, and 6 other cases.
  • (8) From my father’s side the treasures included: a stuffed canary; a tiny stuffed crocodile (a gharial , taken from the Ganges); some crested china bought in seaside resorts; and a canteen of excellent cutlery given as a wedding present in 1899 and never taken from its box.
  • (9) The total bacterial count per item for crockery and cutlery exceeded the desired limit by five to 6400 times, whilst the count for utensils was also exceeded by over 100 times in both years.
  • (10) In John Lewis , union flag cutlery sales were up 22% and 30% of the bestselling cushions were emblazoned with the flag.
  • (11) Coins were found in 8 patients, toys in 3, pins and needles in 6, chicken bones and fish bones in 15, and toothpicks, shaving blades, cutlery, dentures, plastic bag containing cocaine, parts of a foam rubber mattress and other items in the remainder.
  • (12) This is the test to which, for a variety of reasons, the west has responded poorly in recent years, exemplified by the airline ban on the use of metal cutlery.
  • (13) Ninety-one percent knew there were no risks from touching and 80% no risks from sharing cutlery and crockery.
  • (14) While the two candidates jousted on television, cutlery clinked.
  • (15) On the ground, his influence can be seen in everything from compostable cutlery and crockery to hybrid campus shuttles and free staff commuter buses at the 39,000-employee global headquarters in Redmond, Washington .
  • (16) Efforts should also be made to teach people about the effectiveness of condoms as a precaution against serotransmission and to reassure people that HIV infection is unlikely to result from contacts with towels, cutlery, toilet seats, or from caring for AIDS victims.
  • (17) They arrive in a bustle with a crackle of paper bags and soon the meeting room table is festooned with salad boxes and plastic cutlery.
  • (18) We walk past a pond, at the centre of which stands a sculpture made up of bronze cutlery: a knife, a fork, a spoon.
  • (19) The chances of a terrorist successfully hijacking an aircraft by threatening passengers or crew with a table knife are now deemed negligible by the British government, which some weeks ago authorised airlines to resume using metal cutlery.
  • (20) His mother insisted that his death was accidental, part of an experiment to silver plate a spoon – he had previously gold plated another piece of cutlery by stripping the gold from a pocket watch – with the chemicals found in a pot on the stove.

Silverware


Definition:

  • (n.) Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Their only problem now is finding somewhere to keep the first major piece of silverware in their history: the DW Stadium does not even have a purpose‑built trophy cabinet.
  • (2) It was extremely important to me that this transfer was completed before the World Cup so that my mind will only be focused on hopefully helping my country try to retain the trophy.” With Barcelona, who failed to win any silverware last season, hiring Luis Enrique as head coach last month, they have embarked on what is expected to be a transitional phase.
  • (3) But the reality is he's a specialist because, eight years without a piece of silverware, that's failure.
  • (4) United are keeping an open mind in case the Champions League semi-finalists fall short in their attempt to win more silverware.
  • (5) But the estates he inherited from his father in 1979 when he became the 6th Duke of Westminster certainly furnished the equivalent of many canteens of silverware.
  • (6) The impression remains that the Spain captain is leaving under a cloud after he was whistled by some fans at the Bernabeu last season, when the club failed to win major silverware.
  • (7) Gerrard is determined to end on a high a Liverpool career that has brought every major honour with the glaring exception of the Premier League title, with more silverware – Rodgers’ team face Chelsea in the Capital One Cup semi-finals later this month – and a top-four finish his priorities before he departs.
  • (8) Woodstock Vintage has beautiful things, from amazing linen to silverware, and I love the galleries, like What If The World , celebrating young, contemporary South African artists, and Southern Guild, which showcases the best of local design.
  • (9) This quarter-final was billed as the last chance of silverware for two clubs who have had disappointing seasons, and that was what it looked like.
  • (10) Mancini's track record is impressive, that trio of Serie A titles at San Siro supplemented by silverware including Italian Cup triumphs with Inter, Fiorentina and Lazio.
  • (11) Aside from any effort to undermine Tottenham psychologically, Arsenal may be starting to think there would be no harm in landing any piece of silverware.
  • (12) Barcelona and Atlético Madrid's chances of silverware have been dealt potentially devastating blows after they lost key players to injury in Tuesday's Champions League match, with the home side's centre-back Gerard Piqué damaging a hip and the visitors' top scorer Diego Costa limping off with what appeared to be a hamstring strain.
  • (13) From the outside the 37-year-old's arrival appeared a luxury aimed at raising the club's profile, potentially with an ambassadorial brief with Qatar 2022, rather than a free transfer signing who might influence a three-pronged pursuit of silverware.
  • (14) José Mourinho had entered the January window anticipating no major business, having declared his satisfaction with a squad who have lost only twice in all competitions this season and remain in the hunt for silverware on four fronts.
  • (15) Players, coaches, and front office staff alike have all publicly committed to the Open Cup run and the desire to bring silverware to the club is strong.
  • (16) Roman Abramovich had come to Monte Carlo hoping to watch his team hoist silverware again and set the tone for the months ahead.
  • (17) Terry, who received an elbow in the head from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Saturday’s penalty shootout win over Paris Saint-Germain , is now focused solely on the present with Chelsea and is intent on helping deliver more silverware in the coming season.
  • (18) Someone, one day, may have to own up to making a considerable dent in the silverware itself, just beneath the engraving "Chelsea Football Club 2012", though this was not the time to be talking of depressions of any kind.
  • (19) Life did not improve that much at Real Sociedad, either, but his quality was established at Preston North End and Everton, even if silverware was always elusive.
  • (20) The demands at this club are the utmost because Madrid always wants to win silverware.

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