pretence vs colour

colour vs pretence

pretence and colour both are nouns.

pretence is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

pretence is not a verb while colour is a verb.

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

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of pretence; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than pretence:

pretence: an artful or simulated semblance
colour: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Other hypernyms of pretence include color, gloss, semblance.

pretence (noun)	colour (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a false or unsupportable quality	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
an artful or simulated semblance	the timbre of a musical sound
imaginative intellectual play	interest and variety and intensity
pretending with intention to deceive	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

pretence (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

pretence (verb)	colour (verb)
	change color, often in an undesired manner
	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between pretence and colour

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