fluorescent dye vs dyestuff

dyestuff vs fluorescent dye

fluorescent dye and dyestuff both are nouns.

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

As nouns, dyestuff is a hypernym of fluorescent dye; that is, dyestuff is a word with a broader meaning than fluorescent dye:

fluorescent dye: a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)
dyestuff: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

Other hypernyms of fluorescent dye include absorption indicator, dye.

fluorescent dye (noun)	dyestuff (noun)
a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)	a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

Difference between fluorescent dye and dyestuff

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