dyestuff vs azo dye

azo dye vs dyestuff

dyestuff and azo dye both are nouns.

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

As nouns, azo dye is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, azo 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
azo dye: any dye containing one or more azo groups

Other hyponyms of dyestuff include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline 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)	azo dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	any dye containing one or more azo groups

Difference between dyestuff and azo dye

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