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discolour vs whiten

whiten vs discolour

discolour and whiten both are verbs.

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