soil vs sward

soil and sward both are nouns.

soil is a verb but sward is not a verb.

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

As nouns, sward is a hyponym of soil; that is, sward 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)
sward: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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

soil (noun)	sward (noun)
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state	surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
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)	sward (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty

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