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Colored vs Sticker - What's the difference?

colored | sticker |

As adjectives the difference between colored and sticker

is that colored is having a particular or kind of color while sticker is (nonstandard|informal) (stick) (stickier).

As nouns the difference between colored and sticker

is that colored is a colored person while sticker is something that sticks.

As verbs the difference between colored and sticker

is that colored is (color) while sticker is to apply one or more stickers to (something).

colored

English

Alternative forms

* coloured (British spelling)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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).
    • a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A colored person.
  • (laundry) A colored article of clothing.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (color)

    • See also

    sticker

    English

    (wikipedia sticker)

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • something that sticks
  • an adhesive label or decal
  • a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records
  • a price tag
  • the listed price (also sticker price)
    • When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
  • (informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing
  • a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker')
  • (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
    • (Thackeray)
  • (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
  • (US, politics) A paster.
    • Derived terms
    * stickery
    References
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply one or more stickers to (something)
  • To mark as the sticker price
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=Februaryruary 28, author=Rita Zekas, title=DecoRita visits West Elm, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449. }}

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (nonstandard, informal) (stick) (stickier).
    • A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.

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