dirt vs scuttlebutt

dirt and scuttlebutt both are nouns.

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

As nouns, scuttlebutt is a hypernym of dirt; that is, scuttlebutt is a word with a broader meaning than dirt:

Other hypernyms of dirt include comment, gossip.

dirt (noun)	scuttlebutt (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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)	scuttlebutt (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel