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color blindness vs monochromacy

monochromacy vs color blindness

color blindness and monochromacy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
color blindness Yes No No No
monochromacy Yes No No No
As nouns, monochromacy is a hyponym of color blindness; that is, monochromacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color blindness:
  • color blindness: genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
  • monochromacy: complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
color blindness (noun) monochromacy (noun)
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
Difference between color blindness and monochromacy

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