dirt vs marl

dirt and marl both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but marl is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, marl is a hyponym of dirt; that is, marl 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
marl: a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

Other hyponyms of dirt include 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, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	marl (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
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)	marl (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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