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soil vs topsoil

topsoil vs soil

soil and topsoil both are nouns.

soil is a verb but topsoil is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
soil Yes No Yes No
topsoil Yes No No No
As nouns, topsoil is a hyponym of soil; that is, topsoil 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
  • topsoil: the layer of soil on the surface
Other hyponyms of soil include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, surface soil, 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) topsoil (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) topsoil (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
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