soil vs loam

soil and loam both are nouns.

soil is a verb but loam is not a verb.

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

As nouns, loam is a hyponym of soil; that is, loam is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than soil:

soil: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
loam: a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

Other hyponyms of soil include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, surface soil, topsoil, subsoil, undersoil, alluvial soil, bog soil, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, caliche, hardpan, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, gumbo, gumbo soil, humus, indurated clay, Indian red, laterite, loess, mold, mould, clay, mud, bole, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

soil (noun)	loam (noun)
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state	a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
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

soil (verb)	loam (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty

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