white vs bone

white and bone both are nouns.

white and bone both are adjectives.

white and bone both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
white	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
bone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

white: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
bone: a shade of white the color of bleached bones

Other hyponyms of white include alabaster, bleach, ivory, off-white, pearl, chalk, frostiness, hoariness.

white (noun)	bone (noun)
(board games) the lighter pieces	a shade of white the color of bleached bones
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)	the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

white (adjective)	bone (adjective)
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light	consisting of or made up of bone
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
anemic looking from illness or emotion
marked by the presence of snow
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
(of a surface) not written or printed on
benevolent; without malicious intent
glowing white with heat
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
restricted to whites only
(of hair) having lost its color

white (verb)	bone (verb)
turn white	remove the bones from
	study intensively, as before an exam

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