greyness vs iron-gray

iron-gray vs greyness

greyness and iron-gray both are nouns.

greyness is not an adjective while iron-gray is an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of greyness 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.

greyness (noun)	iron-gray (noun)
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black	the color of freshly broken cast iron

greyness (adjective)	iron-gray (adjective)
	of the grey color of iron

Difference between greyness and iron-gray

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