blackness vs dark
dark vs blacknessblackness and dark both are nouns.
blackness is not an adjective while dark is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| blackness | Yes | No | No | No |
| dark | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
dark is a hypernym of
blackness; that is, dark is a
word with a broader meaning than blackness:
- blackness: total absence of light
- dark: absence of light or illumination
Other hypernyms of blackness include
darkness.
| blackness (noun) | dark (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | an unenlightened state |
| total absence of light | an unilluminated area |
| absence of light or illumination | |
| absence of moral or spiritual values | |
| the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside |
| blackness (adjective) | dark (adjective) |
|---|---|
| devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black | |
| (used of color) having a dark hue | |
| brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) | |
| secret | |
| causing dejection | |
| stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | |
| showing a brooding ill humor | |
| not giving performances; closed | |
| marked by difficulty of style or expression | |
| lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture |
Words related to "blackness"
Words related to "dark"
- 24-hour interval
- Acheronian
- Acherontic
- Cimmerian
- Stygian
- aphotic
- benighted
- black
- blackness
- blackout
- blue
- brownout
- brunet
- brunette
- caliginous
- cheerless
- concealed
- condition
- crepuscular
- darkened
- darkening
- darkish
- darkling
- darkness
- day
- depressing
- dim
- dimout
- dingy
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dour
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- dusky
- evening
- evil
- foulness
- gloomful
- glooming
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grim
- ill-natured
- illumination
- inactive
- incomprehensible
- late-night hour
- light
- lightless
- lightlessness
- lightness
- lights-out
- mean solar day
- midnight
- moody
- morose
- night
- nighttime
- obscure
- period
- period of time
- pitch blackness
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- saturnine
- scene
- semidark
- semidarkness
- shadow
- sinister
- small hours
- solar day
- sorry
- sour
- starlessness
- status
- subdued
- sulky
- sullen
- tenebrific
- tenebrious
- tenebrous
- time period
- total darkness
- twenty-four hour period
- twenty-four hours
- twilight
- twilit
- uncheerful
- uncomprehensible
- unenlightened
- unenlightenment
- unilluminated
- unlighted
- unlit
- value
- wedding night
- weeknight
- wickedness
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