How to say "magnet" in Japanese

• 磁石じしゃくJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers the basic sense of 'magnet': a physical object that attracts iron. The general-purpose choice in everyday speech, from school science lessons to a magnet holding papers on a board.
  キートンはハトの頭あたまに磁石じしゃくを取り付とりつけた。↗

  Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.
• マグネットCommon
  nounThe loanword from English, with the same basic meaning. Often heard for refrigerator magnets, decorative and souvenir magnets, and in product names or shop listings, where the English-derived form is at home.

Both common words mean the same thing, a magnet that attracts iron; use 磁石 as the all-purpose term, and 「マグネット」 especially for refrigerator, souvenir, or decorative magnets and in product names.

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• 磁石じしゃくmagnet
• マグネットmagnet