colouring material vs indicator

indicator vs colouring material

colouring material and indicator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colouring material	Yes	No	No	No
indicator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, indicator is a hyponym of colouring material; that is, indicator is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colouring material:

colouring material: any material used for its color
indicator: (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

Other hyponyms of colouring material include paint, pigment, mordant, dye, dyestuff, tincture, hematochrome, pigment, pigment, stain, Bleu Vegetal Pour Les Veines.

colouring material (noun)	indicator (noun)
any material used for its color	a device for showing the operating condition of some system
	a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
	a signal for attracting attention
	(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

Difference between colouring material and indicator

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