dirt vs residual soil

residual soil vs dirt

dirt and residual soil both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but residual soil is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No
residual soil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, residual soil is a hyponym of dirt; that is, residual soil 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
residual soil: the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved

Other hyponyms of dirt include marl, regosol, residual clay, 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)	residual soil (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved
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)	residual soil (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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