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Topsoil vs Silt - What's the difference?

topsoil | silt |

As nouns the difference between topsoil and silt

is that topsoil is the most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in while silt is .

topsoil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in.
  • Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil .

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    silt

    English

    Noun

  • Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  • (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • See also

    * alluvium * varve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clog or fill with silt.
  • To become clogged with silt.
  • To flow through crevices; to percolate.
  • Derived terms

    * silt up

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