dirt vs podsol

dirt and podsol both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but podsol is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, podsol is a hyponym of dirt; that is, podsol 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
podsol: a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer

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 soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	podsol (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer
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)	podsol (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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