imbue vs colour

colour vs imbue

imbue is not a noun while colour is a noun.

imbue is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

imbue and colour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imbue	No	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of imbue; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than imbue:

imbue: suffuse with color
colour: add color to

Other hypernyms of imbue include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.

imbue (noun)	colour (noun)
	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

imbue (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

imbue (verb)	colour (verb)
suffuse with color	change color, often in an undesired manner
fill, soak, or imbue totally	add color to
spread or diffuse through	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between imbue and colour

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