caliche vs dirt

dirt vs caliche

caliche and dirt both are nouns.

caliche is not an adjective while dirt is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caliche	Yes	No	No	No
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

caliche: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
dirt: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Other hypernyms of caliche include soil.

caliche (noun)	dirt (noun)
nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru	disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions	anything regarded as making something unclean
	the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
	obscene terms for feces

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

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