The difference between Multihued and Rainbow

When used as adjectives, multihued means having multiple hues, whereas rainbow means multicolored.


Rainbow is also noun with the meaning: a multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

Rainbow is also verb with the meaning: to pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.

check bellow for the other definitions of Multihued and Rainbow

  1. Multihued as an adjective:

    Having multiple hues; colorful

  1. Rainbow as a noun:

    A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

  2. Rainbow as a noun:

    Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

  3. Rainbow as a noun (often used with “of”):

    A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

    Examples:

    "a rainbow of possibilities"

  4. Rainbow as a noun (figurative):

    An illusion, mirage.

    Examples:

    "Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day."

  5. Rainbow as a noun (baseball):

    A curveball, particularly a slow one.

  6. Rainbow as a noun (poker slang):

    In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.

  7. Rainbow as a noun:

    Rainbow trout.

  1. Rainbow as an adjective:

    Multicolored.

  2. Rainbow as an adjective (attributive, chiefly, US):

    Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

  3. Rainbow as an adjective (attributive):

    LGBT.

  4. Rainbow as an adjective (poker, chiefly, of a flop):

    Composed entirely of different suits.

  1. Rainbow as a verb (transitive):

    To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.