distemper vs humour

humour vs distemper

distemper and humour both are nouns.

distemper and humour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distemper	Yes	No	Yes	No
humour	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, humour is a hypernym of distemper; that is, humour is a word with a broader meaning than distemper:

distemper: an angry and disagreeable mood
humour: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Other hypernyms of distemper include humor, mood, temper.

distemper (noun)	humour (noun)
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery	the quality of being funny
a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder	the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder	the liquid parts of the body
an angry and disagreeable mood	(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
	a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

distemper (verb)	humour (verb)
paint with distemper	put into a good mood

Difference between distemper and humour

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