colour vs pretence

pretence vs colour

colour and pretence both are nouns.

colour is an adjective but pretence is not an adjective.

colour is a verb but pretence is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
pretence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretence is a hyponym of colour; that is, pretence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colour:

colour: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
pretence: an artful or simulated semblance

Other hyponyms of colour include color of law, colour of law, simulacrum, face value, guise, pretense, pretext, camouflage, disguise, verisimilitude, ostensibility.

colour (noun)	pretence (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	the act of giving a false appearance
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation	a false or unsupportable quality
the timbre of a musical sound	an artful or simulated semblance
interest and variety and intensity	imaginative intellectual play
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading	pretending with intention to deceive
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
any material used for its color

colour (adjective)	pretence (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors

colour (verb)	pretence (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner
add color to
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

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