Dust vs. Dirt

Dustnoun

(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

Dustnoun

(countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.

Dustnoun

(obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.

Dustnoun

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

Dustnoun

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Dustnoun

(figurative) Something worthless.

Dustnoun

(figurative) A low or mean condition.

Dustnoun

cash; money (in reference to gold dust).

Dustnoun

(mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.

Dustverb

(transitive) To remove dust from.

Dustverb

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

Dustverb

(intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.

Dustverb

(transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.

Dustverb

To leave; to rush off.

Dustverb

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Dustnoun

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

Dustnoun

A single particle of earth or other matter.

Dustnoun

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

Dustnoun

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Dustnoun

Figuratively, a worthless thing.

Dustnoun

Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

Dustnoun

Gold dust

Dustverb

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

Dustverb

To sprinkle with dust.

Dustverb

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Dustnoun

fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

Dustnoun

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Dustnoun

free microscopic particles of solid material;

Dustverb

remove the dust from;

Dustverb

rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

Dustverb

cover with a light dusting of a substance;

Dustverb

distribute loosely;

Dust

Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution.

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.