The difference between Dirty and Soil

When used as verbs, dirty means to make (something) dirty, whereas soil means to make dirty.

Dirty is also adverb with the meaning: in a dirty manner.

Dirty is also adjective with the meaning: unclean.

Soil is also noun with the meaning: a mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dirty and Soil

  1. Dirty as an adjective:

    Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

    Examples:

    "Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty."

  2. Dirty as an adjective:

    That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

    Examples:

    "Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty."

  3. Dirty as an adjective:

    Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

    Examples:

    "At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids."

  4. Dirty as an adjective:

    Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.

    Examples:

    "He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty."

  5. Dirty as an adjective:

    Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

    Examples:

    "I won't accept your dirty money!"

  6. Dirty as an adjective:

    Out of tune.

    Examples:

    "You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty."

  7. Dirty as an adjective:

    Of color, discolored by impurities.

    Examples:

    "The old flag was a dirty white."

  8. Dirty as an adjective (computing):

    Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

    Examples:

    "Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first."

  9. Dirty as an adjective (slang):

    Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

    Examples:

    "None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty."

  10. Dirty as an adjective (informal):

    Examples:

    "He lives in a dirty great mansion."

  11. Dirty as an adjective:

    Sleety; gusty; stormy.

    Examples:

    "'dirty weather"

  1. Dirty as an adverb:

    In a dirty manner.

    Examples:

    "to play dirty'"

  1. Dirty as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) dirty.

  2. Dirty as a verb (transitive):

    To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

  3. Dirty as a verb (transitive):

    To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

  4. Dirty as a verb (intransitive):

    To become soiled.

  1. Soil as a noun (uncountable):

    A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.

  2. Soil as a noun (uncountable):

    The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

  3. Soil as a noun (uncountable):

    The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.

  4. Soil as a noun:

    Country or territory.

    Examples:

    "The refugees returned to their native soil."

    "Kenyan soil"

  5. Soil as a noun:

    That which soils or pollutes; a stain.

  6. Soil as a noun:

    A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.

  7. Soil as a noun:

    Dung; compost; manure.

    Examples:

    "night soil"

  1. Soil as a verb (transitive):

    To make dirty.

  2. Soil as a verb (intransitive):

    To become dirty or soiled.

    Examples:

    "Light colours soil sooner than dark ones."

  3. Soil as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

  4. Soil as a verb (reflexive):

    To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.

  5. Soil as a verb:

    To make invalid, to ruin.

  6. Soil as a verb:

    To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

  1. Soil as a noun (uncountable, euphemistic):

    Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

  2. Soil as a noun (countable, medicine):

    A bag containing soiled items.

  1. Soil as a noun:

    A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

  1. Soil as a verb:

    To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.

    Examples:

    "to soil a horse"

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