streak vs colour

colour vs streak

streak and colour both are nouns.

streak is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

streak and colour both are verbs.

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

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of streak; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than streak:

streak: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
colour: add color to

Other hypernyms of streak include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.

streak (noun)	colour (noun)
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a distinctive characteristic	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
a sudden flash (as of lightning)	the timbre of a musical sound
an unbroken series of events	interest and variety and intensity
	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

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

streak (verb)	colour (verb)
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained	change color, often in an undesired manner
move quickly in a straight line	add color to
run naked in a public place	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

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