dye vs direct dye

direct dye vs dye

dye and direct dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but direct dye is not a verb.

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

As nouns, direct dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, direct 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
direct dye: dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)

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, 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)	direct dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)

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

Difference between dye and direct dye

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