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Dye vs Colo - What's the difference?

dye | colo |

As a noun dye

is a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied or dye can be .

As a verb dye

is to colour with dye.

As a proper noun colo is

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dye

English

(wikipedia dye)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) deie, from (etyl) . See (l). colored with dye'. The yarn has been ' dyed .

Noun

  • A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
    • Synonyms
    * colourant * tincture

    Verb

  • to colour with dye
    • Synonyms
    * (to color) tint, stain, shade, streak
    Derived terms
    (Terms derived from "dye") * dyeable * dyed-in-the-wool * dye-house * dye-line * dyer * dyery * dyester * dyestuff * dyewood/dye-wood

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dice)
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 46.
    • If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;

    Anagrams

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    colo

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) co-location.
    • The previous wall outlet tests at their colo facility ran for 6 days straight without issue.
    One was a mistake in the colo , where there was a mislabeled circuit, so they cut power to 1/3 of one of our racks.

    Anagrams

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