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monochromacy vs colour vision deficiency

colour vision deficiency vs monochromacy

monochromacy and colour vision deficiency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
monochromacy Yes No No No
colour vision deficiency Yes No No No
As nouns, colour vision deficiency is a hypernym of monochromacy; that is, colour 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
  • colour vision deficiency: genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
Other hypernyms of monochromacy include color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness.
monochromacy (noun) colour 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 colour vision deficiency

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