gray vs charcoal gray

charcoal gray vs gray

gray and charcoal gray both are nouns.

gray is an adjective but charcoal gray is not an adjective.

gray is a verb but charcoal gray is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of gray include ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey, charcoal, 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 gray (noun)
horse of a light gray or whitish color	a very dark grey 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

gray (adjective)	charcoal 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)

gray (verb)	charcoal gray (verb)
turn grey
make grey

Difference between gray and charcoal gray

Words related to "charcoal gray"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.