dirt vs boulder clay

boulder clay vs dirt

dirt and boulder clay both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but boulder clay is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No
boulder clay	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, boulder clay is a hyponym of dirt; that is, boulder clay is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dirt:

dirt: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
boulder clay: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

Other hyponyms of dirt include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, surface soil, topsoil, subsoil, undersoil, alluvial soil, bog soil, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, caliche, hardpan, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, gumbo, gumbo soil, humus, indurated clay, Indian red, laterite, loam, loess, mold, mould, clay, mud, bole, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	boulder clay (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
anything regarded as making something unclean
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
obscene terms for feces

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

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