Dye vs Kye - What's the difference?
dye | kye |
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
to colour with dye
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46.
(cow)
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 23:
*:devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.
As nouns the difference between dye and kye
is that dye is a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied while kye is irregular plural of cow.As a verb dye
is to colour with dye.dye
English
(wikipedia dye)Etymology 1
From (etyl) deie, from (etyl) . See (l). colored with dye'. The yarn has been ' dyed .Noun
Synonyms
* colourant * tinctureVerb
Synonyms
* (to color) tint, stain, shade, streakDerived terms
(Terms derived from "dye") * dyeable * dyed-in-the-wool * dye-house * dye-line * dyer * dyery * dyester * dyestuff * dyewood/dye-woodEtymology 2
Noun
(dice)- 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 ;