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color blindness vs monochromia

monochromia vs color blindness

color blindness and monochromia both are nouns.

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

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