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Loam vs Peat - What's the difference?

loam | peat |

As nouns the difference between loam and peat

is that loam is a type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due while peat is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.

As a verb loam

is to cover, smear, or fill with loam.

loam

English

(wikipedia loam)

Noun

  • A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
  • * 1602 : , act V scene 1
    • Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
    returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make
    loam', and of why that ' loam whereto he was converted
    might they not stop a beer-barrel?
  • (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    peat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

    Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

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