Coloured vs Halo - What's the difference?

coloured | halo |


As nouns the difference between coloured and halo

is that coloured is (colloquial|dated|sometimes|derogatory) a person who is not white while halo is (astronomy) a circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc, caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

As verbs the difference between coloured and halo

is that coloured is (colour) while halo is to encircle with a halo.

As a adjective coloured

is having a particular or kind of colour.

coloured

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (colour)

    • halo

    English

    (wikipedia halo)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  • (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
  • Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  • (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  • The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

    • Synonyms

    * (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbus

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    Verb

    (es)
  • To encircle with a halo.

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