yellow vs orange yellow

orange yellow vs yellow

yellow and orange yellow both are nouns.

yellow is an adjective but orange yellow is not an adjective.

yellow is a verb but orange yellow is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yellow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
orange yellow	Yes	No	No	No

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

yellow: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
orange yellow: a shade of yellow tinged with orange

Other hyponyms of yellow include canary, canary yellow, amber, gold, brownish yellow, gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize, old gold, saffron, pale yellow, straw, wheat, greenish yellow.

yellow (noun)	orange yellow (noun)
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons	a shade of yellow tinged with orange

yellow (adjective)	orange yellow (adjective)
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
easily frightened
cowardly or treacherous
changed to a yellowish color by age
typical of tabloids
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

yellow (verb)	orange yellow (verb)
turn yellow

Difference between yellow and orange yellow

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