Tinge vs Dye - What's the difference?

Tinge is a related term of dye.

As nouns the difference between tinge and dye

is that tinge is tench 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.

tinge

English

Noun

(en noun)

A small amount of something, especially of an added color.

The degree of vividness of a color; shade, hue or tint.

Verb

To add a small amount of color; to tint.

To imbue or impregnate.

* Addison

His virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.

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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. § 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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