bear upon vs colour

colour vs bear upon

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

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

bear upon and colour both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of bear upon 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 upon (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 upon (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

bear upon (verb)	colour (verb)
have an effect upon	change color, often in an undesired manner
	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between bear upon and colour

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