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colour vs sort

sort vs colour

colour and sort both are nouns.

colour is an adjective but sort is not an adjective.

colour and sort both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
colour Yes Yes Yes No
sort Yes No Yes No
As nouns, sort is a hypernym of colour; that is, sort is a word with a broader meaning than colour:
  • colour: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
  • sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Other hypernyms of colour include form, kind, variety.
colour (noun) sort (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect an approximate definition or example
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 category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
the timbre of a musical sound a person of a particular character or nature
interest and variety and intensity an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
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
colour (adjective) sort (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors
colour (verb) sort (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner arrange or order by classes or categories
add color to examine in order to test suitability
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias
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