gray vs charcoal

charcoal vs gray

gray and charcoal both are nouns.

gray and charcoal both are adjectives.

gray and charcoal both are verbs.

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

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

gray: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
charcoal: a very dark grey color

Other hyponyms of gray include ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey, dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey, iron-gray, iron-grey, tattletale gray, tattletale grey, Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey.

gray (noun)	charcoal (noun)
horse of a light gray or whitish color	a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
clothing that is a grey color	a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black	a very dark grey color
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey	a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
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

gray (adjective)	charcoal (adjective)
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black	of a very dark grey
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)

gray (verb)	charcoal (verb)
turn grey	draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
make grey

Difference between gray and charcoal

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