✅ Artificial describes something that is made by humans instead of naturally occurring (artificial silk).

✅ Fabricated describes something that is made, especially using skill or labor (a fabricated steel frame).

✅ Artificial and fabricated both describe things that are not naturally occurring, such as artificial intelligence or AI, but can also both mean fake.

✅ Artificial can suggest that something is imitation or forced (a friendly but artificial expression; artificial flavoring). Fabricated can refer to something made-up (a fabricated tale). For example, sometimes artificial intelligence produces fabricated results.

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✅ Gold is used to describe things that are metallic yellow in color (a gold leather jacket).

✅ Gilt describes things that are gold in color (gilt pens).

✅ While both words describe the same color, gold is a more common term, and gilt is more unusual.

✅ Gilt suggests that something has been gilded, or highlighted in gold or gold leaf, and so it often suggests a color that is more like applied gold leaf than the metal itself (gilt crockery).

✅ Silver describes things that are similar in color to or suggest the white metal of the same name (silver hair).

✅ Argent describes things that are pale silver in color or that have a silvery-white color (an argent cape).

✅ Silver is a more general term, whereas argent refers to a specific shade.

✅ Argent also can refer to the metal silver itself.