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Perish vs Dye - What's the difference?

perish | dye |

In lang=en terms the difference between perish and dye

is that perish is to die; to cease to live while dye is to colour with dye.

As verbs the difference between perish and dye

is that perish is to pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear while dye is to colour with dye.

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 .

perish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
  • To die; to cease to live.
  • * 1719 ,
  • ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
  • (obsolete) To cause to perish.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * decease, pass away * See also

    Derived terms

    * perish the thought

    Anagrams

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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 ;

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