red vs reddishness

reddishness vs red

red and reddishness both are nouns.

red is an adjective but reddishness is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, reddishness is a hyponym of red; that is, reddishness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than red:

red: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
reddishness: The quality of being somewhat red.

Other hyponyms of red include sanguine, chrome red, alizarine red, Turkey red, cardinal, carmine, crimson, deep red, ruby, dark red, purplish-red, purplish red, cerise, cherry, cherry red, orange red, scarlet, vermilion, rust.

red (noun)	reddishness (noun)
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood	The quality of being somewhat red.
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

red (adjective)	reddishness (adjective)
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
characterized by violence or bloodshed

Difference between red and reddishness

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