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tincture vs colouring

colouring vs tincture

tincture and colouring both are nouns.

tincture is a verb but colouring is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tincture Yes No Yes No
colouring Yes No No No
As nouns, colouring is a hypernym of tincture; that is, colouring is a word with a broader meaning than tincture:
  • tincture: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • colouring: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Other hypernyms of tincture include color, coloring, colour.
tincture (noun) colouring (noun)
(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution the act or process of changing the color of something
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
an indication that something has been present a digestible substance used to give color to food
a substance that colors or dyes
tincture (verb) colouring (verb)
stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
fill, as with a certain quality
Difference between tincture and colouring

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