soil vs mire

soil and mire both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of soil include foul, contaminate, foul, pollute, smear, slime, muddy, muddy up, splash, muck, muck up, mud, crock, blemish, spot.

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

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