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brown vs hazel

hazel vs brown

brown and hazel both are nouns.

brown and hazel both are adjectives.

brown is a verb but hazel is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brown Yes Yes Yes No
hazel Yes Yes No No
As nouns, hazel is a hyponym of brown; that is, hazel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brown:
  • brown: an orange of low brightness and saturation
  • hazel: a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes
brown (noun) hazel (noun)
an orange of low brightness and saturation a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
brown (adjective) hazel (adjective)
(of skin) deeply suntanned of a light brown or yellowish brown color
of a color similar to that of wood or earth
brown (verb) hazel (verb)
fry in a pan until it changes color
make brown in color
Difference between brown and hazel

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