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red-blindness vs red-green color blindness

red-green color blindness vs red-blindness

red-blindness and red-green color blindness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
red-blindness Yes No No No
red-green color blindness Yes No No No
As nouns, red-green color blindness is a hypernym of red-blindness; that is, red-green color blindness is a word with a broader meaning than red-blindness:
  • red-blindness: dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue
  • red-green color blindness: confusion of red and green
Other hypernyms of red-blindness include red-green colour blindness, red-green dichromacy.
red-blindness (noun) red-green color blindness (noun)
dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue confusion of red and green
Difference between red-blindness and red-green color blindness

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