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Soiled vs Squalid - What's the difference?

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Soiled is a related term of squalid.


As adjectives the difference between soiled and squalid

is that soiled is dirty while squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant.

As a verb soiled

is (soil).

As a noun squalid is

(zoology) any member of the squalidae.

soiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (soil)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dirty

    • Anagrams

    *

    squalid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods