dyestuff vs basic colour

basic colour vs dyestuff

dyestuff and basic colour both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dyestuff	Yes	No	No	No
basic colour	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, basic colour is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, basic colour 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
basic colour: a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

Other hyponyms of dyestuff include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, azo dye, basic color, 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)	basic colour (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

Difference between dyestuff and basic colour

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