fallow vs tilth
tilth vs fallowfallow and tilth both are nouns.
fallow is an adjective but tilth is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fallow | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| tilth | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tilth is a hypernym of
fallow; that is, tilth is a
word with a broader meaning than fallow:
- fallow: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
- tilth: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Other hypernyms of fallow include
cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land.
| fallow (noun) | tilth (noun) |
|---|---|
| cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
| the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth |
| fallow (adjective) | tilth (adjective) |
|---|---|
| undeveloped but potentially useful | |
| left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season |
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