colouring vs tincture

tincture vs colouring

colouring and tincture both are nouns.

colouring is not a verb while tincture is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colouring	Yes	No	No	No
tincture	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

colouring: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
tincture: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Other hyponyms of colouring include primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, eye color, eye colour.

colouring (noun)	tincture (noun)
the act or process of changing the color of something	(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
a digestible substance used to give color to food	an indication that something has been present
	a substance that colors or dyes

colouring (verb)	tincture (verb)
	stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
	fill, as with a certain quality

Difference between colouring and tincture

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