bronze vs dye

bronze and dye both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bronze	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
dye	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dye is a hypernym of bronze; that is, dye is a word with a broader meaning than bronze:

bronze (noun)	dye (noun)
a sculpture made of bronze	a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

bronze (adjective)	dye (adjective)
of the color of bronze
made from or consisting of bronze

bronze (verb)	dye (verb)
get a tan, from wind or sun	color with dye
give the color and appearance of bronze to something	color for microscopic study