touch on vs colour

colour vs touch on

touch on is not a noun while colour is a noun.

touch on is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

touch on and colour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
touch on	No	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, colour is a hyponym of touch on; that is, colour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touch on:

touch on: have an effect upon
colour: affect as in thought or feeling

Other hyponyms of touch on include strike a blow, repercuss, tell on, redound, excite, stimulate, process, treat, hydrolise, hydrolize, color, distort, tinge, endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper, hit, strike, subject, bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, act upon, influence, work, slam-dunk.

touch on (noun)	colour (noun)
	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
	the timbre of a musical sound
	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

touch on (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

touch on (verb)	colour (verb)
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	change color, often in an undesired manner
have an effect upon	add color to
refer to or discuss briefly	affect as in thought or feeling
be relevant to	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between touch on and colour

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