Multiracial vs Multifacial - What's the difference?
multiracial | multifacial |
An individual of more than one race.
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As adjectives the difference between multiracial and multifacial
is that multiracial is composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races while multifacial is having or relating to more than one face.As a noun multiracial
is an individual of more than one race.multiracial
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