affect vs colour

colour vs affect

affect and colour both are nouns.

affect is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

affect and colour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affect	Yes	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, colour is a hyponym of affect; that is, colour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than affect:

affect: have an effect upon
colour: affect as in thought or feeling

Other hyponyms of affect include strike a blow, repercuss, tell on, redound, excite, stimulate, process, treat, hydrolise, hydrolize, color, distort, tinge, endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper, hit, strike, subject, bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, act upon, influence, work, slam-dunk.

affect (noun)	colour (noun)
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

affect (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

affect (verb)	colour (verb)
act physically on; have an effect upon	change color, often in an undesired manner
have an effect upon	add color to
make believe with the intent to deceive	affect as in thought or feeling
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
connect closely and often incriminatingly	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between affect and colour

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