mire vs soil

mire and soil both are nouns.

mire and soil both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mire	Yes	No	Yes	No
soil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, soil is a hypernym of mire; that is, soil is a word with a broader meaning than mire:

mire: soil with mud, muck, or mire
soil: make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Other hypernyms of mire include begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime.

mire (noun)	soil (noun)
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from	material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
deep soft mud in water or slush	anything regarded as making something unclean
	the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

mire (verb)	soil (verb)
soil with mud, muck, or mire	make soiled, filthy, or dirty
be unable to move further
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
entrap

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