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Mixed vs Multiracial - What's the difference?

mixed | multiracial |

As adjectives the difference between mixed and multiracial

is that mixed is having two or more separate aspects while multiracial is composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.

As a verb mixed

is (mix).

As a noun multiracial is

an individual of more than one race.

mixed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mix)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having two or more separate aspects.
    • I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
  • Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
    • My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
  • Including both male(s) and female(s).
    • The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
    ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
  • Stemming from two or more races or breeds
    • ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
    ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

    Synonyms

    * heterogenous * (not pure) impure

    Antonyms

    * unmixed * homogenous

    Derived terms

    * mixed blessing * mixed bud * mixed company * mixed doubles * mixed drink * mixed farming * mixed marriage * mixed message * mixed number

    Related terms

    * mixer * mixture

    Anagrams

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    multiracial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual of more than one race.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 23, author=Peggy Orenstein, title=Mixed Messenger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride ?— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland. }}