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Dirt vs Terraceous - What's the difference?

dirt | terraceous |

As a noun dirt

is soil or earth.

As a verb dirt

is to make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty.

As an acronym DIRT

is Deposit Interest Retention Tax

As an adjective terraceous is

resembling earth (soil, dirt.

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

    • terraceous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling earth (soil, dirt)

    • Synonyms

    *earthen *earthy