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dirt vs surface soil

surface soil vs dirt

dirt and surface soil both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dirt Yes Yes No No
surface soil Yes No No No
As nouns, surface soil is a hyponym of dirt; that is, surface 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
  • surface soil: the layer of soil on the surface
Other hyponyms of dirt include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual 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) surface soil (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people the layer of soil on the surface
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) surface soil (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
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