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monochromacy vs color vision deficiency

color vision deficiency vs monochromacy

monochromacy and color vision deficiency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
monochromacy Yes No No No
color vision deficiency Yes No No No
As nouns, color vision deficiency is a hypernym of monochromacy; that is, color vision deficiency is a word with a broader meaning than monochromacy:
  • monochromacy: complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
  • color vision deficiency: genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
Other hypernyms of monochromacy include color blindness, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency.
monochromacy (noun) color vision deficiency (noun)
complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
Difference between monochromacy and color vision deficiency

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