Dye vs Sully - What's the difference?

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Dye is a related term of sully.

In lang=en terms the difference between dye and sully

is that dye is to colour with dye while sully is to become soiled or tarnished.

As verbs the difference between dye and sully

is that dye is to colour with dye while sully is to soil or stain; to dirty.

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 .

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. § 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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sully

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

to soil or stain; to dirty

He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

* Roscommon

statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke

to damage or corrupt

He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.

* Atterbury

no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity

To become soiled or tarnished.

* Francis Bacon

Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.