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octoroon vs mixed-blood

mixed-blood vs octoroon

octoroon and mixed-blood both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
octoroon Yes No No No
mixed-blood Yes No No No
As nouns, mixed-blood is a hypernym of octoroon; that is, mixed-blood is a word with a broader meaning than octoroon:
  • octoroon: an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
  • mixed-blood: a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups
octoroon (noun) mixed-blood (noun)
an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups
Difference between octoroon and mixed-blood

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