Negro vs coloured

coloured vs Negro

Negro and coloured both are nouns.

Negro is not an adjective while coloured is an adjective.

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

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

Negro: 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 Negro 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.

Negro (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

Negro (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 Negro and coloured

Words related to "coloured"

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