dye vs Tyrian purple

Tyrian purple vs dye

dye and Tyrian purple both are nouns.

dye is a verb but Tyrian purple is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dye	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tyrian purple	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Tyrian purple is a hyponym of dye; that is, Tyrian purple is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dye:

dye: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
Tyrian purple: a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically

Other hyponyms of dye include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, azo dye, basic color, basic colour, basic dye, blue, blueing, bluing, bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue, cochineal, cyanine dye, direct dye, substantive dye, fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein, fluorochrome, hair coloring, hair dye, tint, Kendal, Kendal green, lac dye, lead acetate, sugar of lead, archil, cudbear, orchil, quercitron, radiopaque dye, saffranine, safranin, safranine, vat color, vat dye, woad.

dye (noun)	Tyrian purple (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	a vivid purplish-red color; in ancient Rome and Byzantium, it was the color worn by an emperor or senior magistrate
	a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically

dye (verb)	Tyrian purple (verb)
color with dye
color for microscopic study

Difference between dye and Tyrian purple

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