dye vs aniline dye

aniline dye vs dye

dye and aniline dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but aniline dye is not a verb.

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

As nouns, aniline dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, aniline dye 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
aniline dye: any of many dyes made from aniline

Other hyponyms of dye include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, 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, Tyrian purple, vat color, vat dye, woad.

dye (noun)	aniline dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	any of many dyes made from aniline

dye (verb)	aniline dye (verb)
color with dye
color for microscopic study

Difference between dye and aniline dye

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