fuller's earth vs soil

soil vs fuller's earth

fuller's earth and soil both are nouns.

fuller's earth is not a verb while soil is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fuller's earth	Yes	No	No	No
soil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, soil is a hypernym of fuller's earth; that is, soil is a word with a broader meaning than fuller's earth:

fuller's earth: an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent
soil: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Other hypernyms of fuller's earth include dirt.

fuller's earth (noun)	soil (noun)
an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
	material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
	anything regarded as making something unclean
	the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

fuller's earth (verb)	soil (verb)
	make soiled, filthy, or dirty

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