dirt vs sand

dirt and sand both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but sand is not an adjective.

dirt is not a verb while sand is a verb.

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

As nouns, sand is a hyponym of dirt; that is, sand 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
sand: a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

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

dirt (noun)	sand (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	fortitude and determination
anything regarded as making something unclean	a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
obscene terms for feces

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

dirt (verb)	sand (verb)
	rub with sandpaper

Difference between dirt and sand

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