Dye vs Metachromasia - What's the difference?
dye | metachromasia |
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. ยง 46.
A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
As nouns the difference between dye and metachromasia
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 metachromasia is a characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.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 ;
