Dirt vs. Grit

Dirtnoun

Soil or earth.

Dirtnoun

A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance, filth

Dirtnoun

Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person; gossip; kompromat

Dirtnoun

(figurative) Meanness; sordidness.

Dirtnoun

(mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

Dirtnoun

freckles

Dirtverb

To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty

Dirtnoun

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.

Dirtnoun

Meanness; sordidness.

Dirtnoun

In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

Dirtverb

To make foul of filthy; to dirty.

Dirtnoun

the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Dirtnoun

the state of being covered with unclean things

Dirtnoun

obscene terms for feces

Dirtnoun

disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

Dirtadjective

(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

Dirt

Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions. In such case they are said to become dirty.

Gritnoun

A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

Gritnoun

Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.

Gritnoun

Inedible particles in food.

Gritnoun

A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.

Gritnoun

(geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.

Gritnoun

Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.

Gritnoun

(usually in plural) Husked but unground oats.

Gritnoun

(usually in plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

Gritverb

Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.

Gritverb

To cover with grit.

Gritverb

To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Gritnoun

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

Gritnoun

The coarse part of meal.

Gritnoun

Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

Gritnoun

A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; - called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.

Gritnoun

Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.

Gritnoun

Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.

Gritverb

To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Gritverb

To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

Gritnoun

a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

Gritnoun

fortitude and determination;

Gritverb

cover with a grit;

Gritverb

clench together;

Gritnoun

small loose particles of stone or sand

Gritnoun

(with numeral) indicating the grade of fineness of an abrasive

Gritnoun

a coarse sandstone

Gritnoun

courage and resolve; strength of character

Gritverb

spread grit and often salt on (an icy road)

Gritverb

grate