colour vs touch on

touch on vs colour

colour is a noun but touch on is not a noun.

colour is an adjective but touch on is not an adjective.

colour and touch on both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
touch on	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, touch on is a hypernym of colour; that is, touch on is a word with a broader meaning than colour:

colour: affect as in thought or feeling
touch on: have an effect upon

Other hypernyms of colour include affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch.

colour (noun)	touch on (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
the timbre of a musical sound
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

colour (adjective)	touch on (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors

colour (verb)	touch on (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner	restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
add color to	have an effect upon
affect as in thought or feeling	refer to or discuss briefly
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for	be relevant to
decorate with colors
modify or bias

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