soil vs permafrost

permafrost vs soil

soil and permafrost both are nouns.

soil is a verb but permafrost is not a verb.

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

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

soil: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
permafrost: ground that is permanently frozen

Other hyponyms of soil include badlands, bottom, bottomland, coastland, cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth, overburden, polder, rangeland, scablands, greensward, sod, sward, turf, wetland.

soil (noun)	permafrost (noun)
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state	ground that is permanently frozen
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)	permafrost (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty

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