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red-blindness vs red-green colour blindness

red-green colour blindness vs red-blindness

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
red-blindness Yes No No No
red-green colour blindness Yes No No No
As nouns, red-green colour blindness is a hypernym of red-blindness; that is, red-green colour 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 colour blindness: confusion of red and green
Other hypernyms of red-blindness include red-green color blindness, red-green dichromacy.
red-blindness (noun) red-green colour 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 colour blindness

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