Soil vs. Sand

Soilnoun

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

Soilnoun

(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.

Soilnoun

(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.

Soilnoun

Country or territory.

Soilnoun

That which soils or pollutes; a stain.

Soilnoun

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.

Soilnoun

Dung; compost; manure.

Soilnoun

Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

Soilnoun

A bag containing soiled items.

Soilnoun

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

Soilverb

(transitive) To make dirty.

Soilverb

(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.

Soilverb

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

Soilverb

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

Soilverb

To make invalid, to ruin.

Soilverb

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Soilverb

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.

Soilverb

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, 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; as, to soil a horse.

Soilverb

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Soilverb

To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.

Soilverb

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

Soilverb

To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.

Soilnoun

The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.

Soilnoun

Land; country.

Soilnoun

Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil.

Soilnoun

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.

Soilnoun

That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

Soilnoun

the state of being covered with unclean things

Soilnoun

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

Soilnoun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

Soilnoun

the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state;

Soilverb

make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

Soil

Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Earth's body of soil, called the pedosphere, has four important functions: as a medium for plant growth as a means of water storage, supply and purification as a modifier of Earth's atmosphere as a habitat for organismsAll of these functions, in their turn, modify the soil and its properties.

Sandnoun

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Sandnoun

A beach or other expanse of sand.

Sandnoun

Personal courage.

Sandnoun

A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Sandnoun

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Sandnoun

A single grain of sand.

Sandnoun

A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Sandnoun

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

Sandadjective

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Sandverb

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

Sandverb

(transitive) To cover with sand.

Sandverb

To blot ink using sand.

Sandnoun

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

Sandnoun

A single particle of such stone.

Sandnoun

The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

Sandnoun

Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Sandnoun

Courage; pluck; grit.

Sandverb

To sprinkle or cover with sand.

Sandverb

To drive upon the sand.

Sandverb

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Sandverb

To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.

Sandnoun

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

Sandnoun

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Sandnoun

fortitude and determination;

Sandverb

rub with sandpaper;

Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size.