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discolour vs melanise

melanise vs discolour

discolour and melanise both are verbs.

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

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