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Dye vs Dyeing - What's the difference?

dye | dyeing |

As nouns the difference between dye and dyeing

is that dye is a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied or dye can be while dyeing is the act by which something is dyed.

As verbs the difference between dye and dyeing

is that dye is to colour with dye while dyeing is .

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

    * ----

    dyeing

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia dyeing) (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is dyed.
  • * 1930 , United States. National Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Standards journal of research (volume 3, page 50)
    • Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.

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