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ostensibility vs color

color vs ostensibility

ostensibility and color both are nouns.

ostensibility is not an adjective while color is an adjective.

ostensibility is not a verb while color is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ostensibility Yes No No No
color Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, color is a hypernym of ostensibility; that is, color is a word with a broader meaning than ostensibility:
  • ostensibility: The quality of being professed, supposed rather than demonstrably true or real.
  • color: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Other hypernyms of ostensibility include colour, gloss, semblance.
ostensibility (noun) color (noun)
The quality of being professed, supposed rather than demonstrably true or real. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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
ostensibility (adjective) color (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors
ostensibility (verb) color (verb)
add color to
change color, often in an undesired manner
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias
Difference between ostensibility and color

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