pretense vs colour

colour vs pretense

pretense and colour both are nouns.

pretense is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

pretense is not a verb while colour is a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of pretense include color, gloss, semblance.

pretense (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

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

pretense (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 pretense and colour

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