dyestuff vs substantive dye

substantive dye vs dyestuff

dyestuff and substantive dye both are nouns.

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

As nouns, substantive dye is a hyponym of dyestuff; that is, substantive 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
substantive dye: dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)

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, 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)	substantive dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)

Difference between dyestuff and substantive dye

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