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Multicolored vs Colorful - What's the difference?

multicolored | colorful |

As adjectives the difference between multicolored and colorful

is that multicolored is having multiple colors while colorful is possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour|colors.

multicolored

English

Alternative forms

* multicoloured (qualifier) * multi-colored (US), multi-coloured (qualifier)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having multiple colors.

    • Synonyms

    * multicolor (US), multicolour (qualifier) * polychromatic * multichromatic * particolored (US), particoloured (qualifier) * multihued; polyhued (rare)

    colorful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colourful (Commonwealth English)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour, colors.
  • * 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
    • It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
  • Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, author=H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, title=The Autocar,
    • passage=One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a ' colourful manner.}}
  • (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language ).
  • * 2002 , news.bbc.co.uk
    • Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.