dye vs hair dye

hair dye vs dye

dye and hair dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but hair dye is not a verb.

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

As nouns, hair dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, hair 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
hair dye: a dye for coloring the hair

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, 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)	hair dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	a dye for coloring the hair

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

Difference between dye and hair dye

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