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Dirt vs Saur - What's the difference?

dirt | saur |

As nouns the difference between dirt and saur

is that dirt is soil or earth while saur is (uk|dialect) soil; dirt.

As a verb dirt

is (rare) to make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty.

dirt

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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
    • The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
  • Meanness; sordidness.
  • * Melmoth
    • honours thrown away upon dirt and infamy
  • In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

    • Derived terms

    * dirt bike * dirt nap * dirty * do someone dirt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty

    • saur

    English

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect) soil; dirt
  • (UK, dialect) dirty water
  • (UK, dialect) urine from a cowhouse
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