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soil vs silt

silt vs soil

soil and silt both are nouns.

soil and silt both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
soil Yes No Yes No
silt Yes No Yes No
As nouns, silt is a hyponym of soil; that is, silt 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
  • silt: mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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, loam, loess, mold, mould, clay, mud, bole, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.
soil (noun) silt (noun)
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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) silt (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty become chocked with silt
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