dyestuff vs hair coloring

hair coloring vs dyestuff

dyestuff and hair coloring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dyestuff	Yes	No	No	No
hair coloring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hair coloring is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, hair coloring 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
hair coloring: a dye for coloring the hair

Other hyponyms of dyestuff 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 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)	hair coloring (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
	coloring of the hair
	a dye for coloring the hair

Difference between dyestuff and hair coloring

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