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olive vs spectral colour

spectral colour vs olive

olive and spectral colour both are nouns.

olive is an adjective but spectral colour is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
olive Yes Yes No No
spectral colour Yes No No No
As nouns, spectral colour is a hypernym of olive; that is, spectral colour is a word with a broader meaning than olive:
  • olive: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
  • spectral colour: a color that has hue
Other hypernyms of olive include chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color.
olive (noun) spectral colour (noun)
a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation a color that has hue
one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
olive (adjective) spectral colour (adjective)
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Difference between olive and spectral colour

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