Dirt vs Shirt - What's the difference?
dirt | shirt |
soil or earth
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance
Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person; gossip
Meanness; sordidness.
* Melmoth
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
* Addison
* Bishop Fisher
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 9
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich
, work=BBC Sport
a member of the shirt-wearing team.
As nouns the difference between dirt and shirt
is that dirt is animal while shirt is an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.As a verb shirt is
to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.dirt
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
- honours thrown away upon dirt and infamy
Derived terms
* dirt bike * dirt nap * dirty * do someone dirtshirt
English
(wikipedia shirt)Noun
(en noun)- Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts .
- She had her shirts and girdles of hair.
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