color vs tan

color and tan both are nouns.

color and tan both are adjectives.

color and tan both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
color	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
tan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, tan is a hyponym of color; that is, tan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color:

color: change color, often in an undesired manner
tan: get a tan, from wind or sun

Other hyponyms of color include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, blacken, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, gray, grey, yellow, tone, green, blue.

color (noun)	tan (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	a light brown the color of topaz
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation	ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
the timbre of a musical sound	a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
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

color (adjective)	tan (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors	of a light yellowish-brown color

color (verb)	tan (verb)
add color to	get a tan, from wind or sun
change color, often in an undesired manner	treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

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