soil vs surface soil

surface soil vs soil

soil and surface soil both are nouns.

soil is a verb but surface soil is not a verb.

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

As nouns, surface soil is a hyponym of soil; that is, surface soil 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
surface soil: the layer of soil on the surface

Other hyponyms of soil include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual 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, silt, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

soil (noun)	surface soil (noun)
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state	the layer of soil on the surface
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)	surface soil (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Difference between soil and surface soil

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