dirt vs clay

dirt and clay both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but clay is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, clay is a hyponym of dirt; that is, 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
clay: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

Other hyponyms of dirt include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, surface soil, topsoil, subsoil, undersoil, alluvial soil, bog soil, 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, mud, bole, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	clay (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	the dead body of a human being
anything regarded as making something unclean	a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock	water soaked soil; soft wet earth
obscene terms for feces

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

Difference between dirt and clay

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