gray vs iron-grey

iron-grey vs gray

gray and iron-grey both are nouns.

gray and iron-grey both are adjectives.

gray is a verb but iron-grey is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
iron-grey	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, iron-grey is a hyponym of gray; that is, iron-grey is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gray:

gray: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
iron-grey: the color of freshly broken cast iron

Other hyponyms of gray include ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey, charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey, dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey, iron-gray, tattletale gray, tattletale grey, Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey.

gray (noun)	iron-grey (noun)
horse of a light gray or whitish color	the color of freshly broken cast iron
clothing that is a grey color
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

gray (adjective)	iron-grey (adjective)
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black	of the grey color of iron
intermediate in character or position
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

gray (verb)	iron-grey (verb)
turn grey
make grey

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