dirt vs till

dirt and till both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but till is not an adjective.

dirt is not a verb while till is a verb.

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

As nouns, till is a hyponym of dirt; that is, till 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
till: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

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, silt, boulder clay, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	till (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	a strongbox for holding cash
anything regarded as making something unclean	a treasury for government funds
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock	unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
obscene terms for feces

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

dirt (verb)	till (verb)
	work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

Difference between dirt and till

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