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dye vs cochineal

cochineal vs dye

dye and cochineal both are nouns.

dye is a verb but cochineal is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dye Yes No Yes No
cochineal Yes No No No
As nouns, cochineal is a hyponym of dye; that is, cochineal 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
  • cochineal: a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
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, 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) cochineal (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
dye (verb) cochineal (verb)
color with dye
color for microscopic study
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