discolour vs gray

gray vs discolour

discolour is not a noun while gray is a noun.

discolour is not an adjective while gray is an adjective.

discolour and gray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discolour	No	No	Yes	No
gray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, gray is a hyponym of discolour; that is, gray is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than discolour:

discolour: change color, often in an undesired manner
gray: turn grey

Other hyponyms of discolour include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, tan, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, blacken, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, grey, yellow, tone, green, blue.

discolour (noun)	gray (noun)
	horse of a light gray or whitish color
	clothing that is a grey color
	a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
	any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
	the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

discolour (adjective)	gray (adjective)
	of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
	intermediate in character or position
	showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
	used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

discolour (verb)	gray (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner	turn grey
	make grey

Difference between discolour and gray

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