grey vs iron-gray

iron-gray vs grey

grey and iron-gray both are nouns.

grey and iron-gray both are adjectives.

grey is a verb but iron-gray is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grey	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
iron-gray	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

grey: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
iron-gray: the color of freshly broken cast iron

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

grey (noun)	iron-gray (noun)
horse of a light gray or whitish color	the color of freshly broken cast iron
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

grey (adjective)	iron-gray (adjective)
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black	of the grey color of iron
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)

grey (verb)	iron-gray (verb)
turn grey
make grey

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