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Dyeing vs Coloring - What's the difference?

dyeing | coloring |

As verbs the difference between dyeing and coloring

is that dyeing is present participle of dye while coloring is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between dyeing and coloring

is that dyeing is the act by which something is dyed while coloring is an act or process which applies color.

dyeing

English

Verb

(wikipedia dyeing) (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is dyed.
  • * 1930 , United States. National Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Standards journal of research (volume 3, page 50)
    • Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.

    Anagrams

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    coloring

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (mainly British: ) colouring

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or process which applies color.
  • The appearance as to color.
  • A disguise or discoloration.

    • Related terms

    * colorable * coloration * colored * color guard * colorless * color line