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Dispossessed vs Soilless - What's the difference?

dispossessed | soilless |

As adjectives the difference between dispossessed and soilless

is that dispossessed is homelessness while soilless is lacking home soil; dispossessed.

As a verb dispossessed

is past tense of dispossess.

dispossessed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dispossess)
  • * 1215 —
    • To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these.
  • * 1897 —
    • Whereupon the soldier dispossessed himself of his burden, and stood looking down upon it in great perplexity.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Homelessness.
  • Impoverished.

    • soilless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking home soil; dispossessed
  • *{{quote-book, 1910, , chapter=Anarchism: What It Really Stands For, Anarchism and Other Essays, edition=2005 ed., pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=1LqKtlpUxZwC&pg=PA37, page=37, isbn=1595479716
    • , passage=If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.}}
  • Not containing soil
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 4, author=Leslie Land, title=Garden Q.&A., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite. }}