stain vs smut

stain and smut both are nouns.

stain and smut both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stain	Yes	No	Yes	No
smut	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, smut is a hyponym of stain; that is, smut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stain:

stain: produce or leave stains
smut: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

stain (noun)	smut (noun)
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it	creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
a soiled or discolored appearance	an offensive or indecent word or phrase
a symbol of disgrace or infamy	any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
anything regarded as making something unclean	destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible	a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

stain (verb)	smut (verb)
produce or leave stains	affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
color with a liquid dye or tint	stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
color for microscopic study	become affected with smut
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically	make obscene

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