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Pigmentation vs Dye - What's the difference?

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Pigmentation is a related term of dye.


As nouns the difference between pigmentation and dye

is that pigmentation is coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment while dye is a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied or dye can be .

As a verb dye is

to colour with dye.

pigmentation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

    • 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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