Black vs coloured

coloured vs Black

Black and coloured both are nouns.

Black is not an adjective while coloured is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Black	Yes	No	No	No
coloured	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, coloured is a hyponym of Black; that is, coloured is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Black:

Black: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
coloured: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Other hyponyms of Black include soul brother, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, Negress, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, Tom, Uncle Tom, Black man, Black woman, darkey, darkie, darky, colored, colored person, coloured person.

Black (noun)	coloured (noun)
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today	a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

Black (adjective)	coloured (adjective)
	having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
	(used of color) artificially produced; not natural
	having skin rich in melanin pigments;
	favoring one person or side over another

Difference between Black and coloured

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