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dirt vs silt

silt vs dirt

dirt and silt both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but silt is not an adjective.

dirt is not a verb while silt is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dirt Yes Yes No No
silt Yes No Yes No
As nouns, silt is a hyponym of dirt; that is, silt 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
  • silt: mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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, sand, sedimentary clay, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.
dirt (noun) silt (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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) silt (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
dirt (verb) silt (verb)
become chocked with silt
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