Dye vs Quercitrin - What's the difference?
dye | quercitrin |
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 glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
As nouns the difference between dye and quercitrin
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 quercitrin is a glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.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 ;