dyestuff vs acid dye

acid dye vs dyestuff

dyestuff and acid dye both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dyestuff	Yes	No	No	No
acid dye	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acid dye is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, acid dye is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dyestuff:

dyestuff: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
acid dye: dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion

Other hyponyms of dyestuff include 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, vat dye, woad.

dyestuff (noun)	acid dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion

Difference between dyestuff and acid dye

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