Negroid vs colored

colored vs Negroid

Negroid and colored both are nouns.

Negroid is not an adjective while colored is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Negroid	Yes	No	No	No
colored	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

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

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

Negroid (noun)	colored (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

Negroid (adjective)	colored (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 Negroid and colored

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