saffron vs ocher

saffron and ocher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saffron	Yes	No	No	No
ocher	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, ocher is a hyponym of saffron; that is, ocher is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than saffron:

Other hyponyms of saffron include ochre.

saffron (noun)	ocher (noun)
a shade of yellow tinged with orange	a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus	any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

saffron (adjective)	ocher (adjective)
	of a moderate orange-yellow color