gray vs iron blue

iron blue vs gray

gray and iron blue both are nouns.

gray is an adjective but iron blue is not an adjective.

gray is a verb but iron blue is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
iron blue	Yes	No	No	No

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

gray: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
iron blue: slightly purplish or bluish dark grey

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, iron-grey, tattletale gray, tattletale grey, Davy's gray, Davy's grey, steel gray, steel grey.

gray (noun)	iron blue (noun)
horse of a light gray or whitish color	any of various blue pigments
clothing that is a grey color	slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
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 blue (adjective)
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
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 blue (verb)
turn grey
make grey

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