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Uncle Tom vs Negro

Negro vs Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom and Negro both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Uncle Tom Yes No No No
Negro Yes No No No
As nouns, Negro is a hypernym of Uncle Tom; that is, Negro is a word with a broader meaning than Uncle Tom:
  • Uncle Tom: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
  • Negro: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
Other hypernyms of Uncle Tom include African-American, Black, Negroid, Black person, blackamoor.
Uncle Tom (noun) Negro (noun)
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
Difference between Uncle Tom and Negro

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