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brown vs colour

colour vs brown

brown and colour both are nouns.

brown and colour both are adjectives.

brown and colour both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brown Yes Yes Yes No
colour Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, colour is a hypernym of brown; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than brown:
  • brown: make brown in color
  • colour: add color to
Other hypernyms of brown include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.
brown (noun) colour (noun)
an orange of low brightness and saturation 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
brown (adjective) colour (adjective)
(of skin) deeply suntanned having or capable of producing colors
of a color similar to that of wood or earth
brown (verb) colour (verb)
fry in a pan until it changes color change color, often in an undesired manner
make brown in color add color to
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias
Difference between brown and colour

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