dye vs vat dye

dye and vat dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but vat dye is not a verb.

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

As nouns, vat dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, vat 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
vat dye: a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton

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, 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, woad.

dye (noun)	vat dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton

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

Difference between dye and vat dye

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