red vs radical

red and radical both are nouns.

red and radical both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
red	Yes	Yes	No	No
radical	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, radical is a hypernym of red; that is, radical is a word with a broader meaning than red:

red: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
radical: a person who has radical ideas or opinions

red (noun)	radical (noun)
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood	a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries	(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue	a person who has radical ideas or opinions
	(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
	(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
	an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

red (adjective)	radical (adjective)
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion	especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies	of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
characterized by violence or bloodshed	arising from or going to the root or source
	(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
	markedly new or introducing radical change

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