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discolour vs blacken

blacken vs discolour

discolour and blacken both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
discolour No No Yes No
blacken No No Yes No
As verbs, blacken is a hyponym of discolour; that is, blacken is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than discolour:
  • discolour: change color, often in an undesired manner
  • blacken: make or become black
Other hyponyms of discolour include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, tan, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, gray, grey, yellow, tone, green, blue.
discolour (verb) blacken (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner make or become black
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
Difference between discolour and blacken

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