dyestuff vs blue

blue vs dyestuff

dyestuff and blue both are nouns.

dyestuff is not an adjective while blue is an adjective.

dyestuff is not a verb while blue is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dyestuff	Yes	No	No	No
blue	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, blue is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, blue 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
blue: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

Other hyponyms of dyestuff include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, azo dye, basic color, basic colour, basic dye, 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)	blue (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
	the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
	blue clothing
	blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
	any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
	the sky as viewed during daylight
	used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

dyestuff (adjective)	blue (adjective)
	of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
	filled with melancholy and despondency
	causing dejection
	belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
	morally rigorous and strict
	used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
	suggestive of sexual impropriety
	characterized by profanity or cursing

dyestuff (verb)	blue (verb)
	turn blue

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