Filth vs Soot - What's the difference?
filth | soot |
dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles
smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution
* Tillotson
(British, pejorative, slang) the police
weeds growing on pasture land
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
As nouns the difference between filth and soot
is that filth is dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles while soot is fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.As a verb soot is
to cover or dress with soot.filth
English
Noun
(-)- to purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights
- Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.