Spoil vs. Soil

Spoilverb

To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.

Spoilverb

To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.

Spoilverb

To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

Spoilverb

To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.

Spoilverb

(transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.

Spoilverb

(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.

Spoilverb

(intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.

Spoilverb

(transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.

Spoilverb

(transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.

Spoilnoun

(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.

Spoilnoun

(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.

Spoilverb

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; - with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions.

Spoilverb

To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.

Spoilverb

To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.

Spoilverb

To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

Spoilverb

To practice plunder or robbery.

Spoilverb

To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

Spoilnoun

That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

Spoilnoun

Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; - commonly in the plural; as, to the victor belong the spoils.

Spoilnoun

That which is gained by strength or effort.

Spoilnoun

The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.

Spoilnoun

Corruption; cause of corruption.

Spoilnoun

The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

Spoilnoun

(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war);

Spoilnoun

the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it;

Spoilnoun

the act of stripping and taking by force

Spoilverb

make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Spoilverb

become unfit for consumption or use;

Spoilverb

alter from the original

Spoilverb

treat with excessive indulgence;

Spoilverb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

Spoilverb

have a strong desire or urge to do something;

Spoilverb

destroy and strip of its possession;

Spoilverb

make imperfect;

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.