Difference between Black and Negro

What is the difference between Black and Negro?

Black as an adjective is absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless. while Negro as an adjective is relating to the black ethnicity.

Black

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless. without light. Relating to persons of African descent or (especially in the US) their culture. Bad; evil. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced. Overcrowded. Lacking cream, milk and creamer. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the black set, no matter what the actual colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The colour/color perceived in the absence of light. A black dye, pigment. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. A person of African descent. the black: The black ball. The edge of home plate a type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make black, to blacken. To apply blacking to something. To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

Example sentence: When in doubt, always wear black.

Negro

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to the black ethnicity.Black or dark brown in colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a Negro

We hope you now know whether to use Black or Negro in your sentence.

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