bear on vs colour

colour vs bear on

bear on is not a noun while colour is a noun.

bear on is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

bear on and colour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bear on	No	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of bear on 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.

bear on (noun)	colour (noun)
	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

bear on (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

bear on (verb)	colour (verb)
have an effect upon	change color, often in an undesired manner
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action	add color to
be relevant to	affect as in thought or feeling
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between bear on and colour

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