loose smut vs smut

loose smut and smut both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loose smut	Yes	No	No	No
smut	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, smut is a hypernym of loose smut; that is, smut is a word with a broader meaning than loose smut:

loose smut: a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores
smut: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

Other hypernyms of loose smut include smut fungus.

As nouns, smut is a hypernym of loose smut; that is, smut is a word with a broader meaning than loose smut:

loose smut: disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
smut: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

loose smut (noun)	smut (noun)
a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores	creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores	an offensive or indecent word or phrase
	any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
	destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
	a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

loose smut (verb)	smut (verb)
	affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
	stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
	become affected with smut
	make obscene