Difference between Gloss and Colour

What is the difference between Gloss and Colour?

Gloss as a verb is to give a gloss or sheen to. while Colour as a verb is to give something colour.

Gloss

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give a gloss or sheen to. To make (something) attractive by deception To become shiny. To add a gloss to (a text). To give a deliberately false interpretation of.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A surface shine or luster/lustre A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression, usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text. A glossary; a collection of such notes. An extensive commentary on some text. A deliberately misleading explanation.

Example sentence: I wear like lip gloss and my hair is always really natural, and I'm a really kind of natural free spirit in my everyday life who has crystals and I burn sage, and I think I find a lot of calming beauty in that stuff.

Colour

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The spectral composition of visible lightA particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a classHue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.Interest, especially in a selective areaAny of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.A standard or banner.The system of colour television.An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give something colour.To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.Of a face: To become red through increased blood flow, implying due to strong emotion.To affect without completely changing.To attribute a quality to.

Example sentence: The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

We hope you now know whether to use Gloss or Colour in your sentence.

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