Black person vs coloured

coloured vs Black person

Black person and coloured both are nouns.

Black person is not an adjective while coloured is an adjective.

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

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

Black person: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
coloured: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

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

Black person (noun)	coloured (noun)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)	a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Black person (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 person and coloured

Words related to "coloured"

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