motley vs colour

colour vs motley

motley and colour both are nouns.

motley and colour both are adjectives.

motley and colour both are verbs.

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

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

motley: make motley; color with different colors
colour: add color to

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

motley (noun)	colour (noun)
a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	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

motley (adjective)	colour (adjective)
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly	having or capable of producing colors
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

motley (verb)	colour (verb)
make motley; color with different colors	change color, often in an undesired manner
make something more diverse and varied	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

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