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Dye vs Overdye - What's the difference?

dye | overdye |

In transitive terms the difference between dye and overdye

is that dye is to colour with dye while overdye is to dye (something already coloured) with another colour.

As a noun dye

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

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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    overdye

    English

    Verb

  • To dye (something already coloured) with another colour.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 7, author=Eric Wilson, title=A Gap Guy, Head to Toe, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=There was a sweater dress in almost the same shade of blue as one shown at Doo.Ri; overdyed plaid shirts with contrasting plaid cuffs and collars for men like those at Duckie Brown; and lots of chunky knit gray cardigans like the ones popping up all over the place ?— just not at the same prices. }}