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dye vs substantive dye

substantive dye vs dye

dye and substantive dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but substantive dye is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dye Yes No Yes No
substantive dye Yes No No No
As nouns, substantive dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, substantive 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
  • substantive 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, direct 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) substantive 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) substantive dye (verb)
color with dye
color for microscopic study
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