dust vs smear

dust and smear both are nouns.

dust and smear both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dust	Yes	No	Yes	No
smear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, smear is a hypernym of dust; that is, smear is a word with a broader meaning than dust:

dust: rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
smear: make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Other hypernyms of dust include blur, smudge, smutch.

dust (noun)	smear (noun)
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air	an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	a blemish made by dirt
free microscopic particles of solid material	a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
	slanderous defamation

dust (verb)	smear (verb)
remove the dust from	charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
distribute loosely	make a smudge on; soil by smudging
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape	stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
cover with a light dusting of a substance	cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Difference between dust and smear

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