charcoal vs gray

gray vs charcoal

charcoal and gray both are nouns.

charcoal and gray both are adjectives.

charcoal and gray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
charcoal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
gray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, gray is a hypernym of charcoal; that is, gray is a word with a broader meaning than charcoal:

charcoal: a very dark grey color
gray: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Other hypernyms of charcoal include grayness, grey, greyness.

charcoal (noun)	gray (noun)
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing	horse of a light gray or whitish color
a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material	clothing that is a grey color
a very dark grey color	a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air	any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
	the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

charcoal (adjective)	gray (adjective)
of a very dark grey	of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
	intermediate in character or position
	showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
	used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

charcoal (verb)	gray (verb)
draw, trace, or represent with charcoal	turn grey
	make grey

Difference between charcoal and gray

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