alluvial soil vs dirt

dirt vs alluvial soil

alluvial soil and dirt both are nouns.

alluvial soil is not an adjective while dirt is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alluvial soil	Yes	No	No	No
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, dirt is a hypernym of alluvial soil; that is, dirt is a word with a broader meaning than alluvial soil:

alluvial soil: a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
dirt: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Other hypernyms of alluvial soil include soil.

alluvial soil (noun)	dirt (noun)
a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds	disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
	anything regarded as making something unclean
	the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
	obscene terms for feces

alluvial soil (adjective)	dirt (adjective)
	(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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