Colored vs African - What's the difference?
colored | african |
Having a particular or kind of color.
* The room was colored''' red, with a dark-'''colored rug.
Having prominent colors; colorful.
* The singer wore a colored shirt.
Influenced pervasively but subtly.
* My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
* Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
Of neither black nor white skin color.
* Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
(chiefly, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
(color)
Of or pertaining to Africa.
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
* 2007 , African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):
As adjectives the difference between colored and african
is that colored is having a particular color or kind of color while African is of or pertaining to Africa.As nouns the difference between colored and african
is that colored is a colored person while African is a native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.As a verb colored
is past tense of color.colored
English
Alternative forms
* coloured (British spelling)Adjective
(en adjective)- a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital
Verb
(head)See also
african
English
Alternative forms
* AfricAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* African elephant * African hemp * African marigold * African oak * African penguin * African teak * African violet * North African * South AfricanHyponyms
* Maghrebi * Congolese * Ethiopian * Ugandan * Zimbabwean * MozambicanNoun
(en noun)- Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.
