dirt vs fuller's earth

fuller's earth vs dirt

dirt and fuller's earth both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but fuller's earth is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No
fuller's earth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fuller's earth is a hyponym of dirt; that is, fuller's earth 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
fuller's earth: an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent

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, 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, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	fuller's earth (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent
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)	fuller's earth (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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