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Soiling vs Filth - What's the difference?

soiling | filth | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between soiling and filth

is that soiling is an act of making dirty while filth is dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

As a verb soiling

is present participle of lang=en.

soiling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of making dirty.
  • * 2007 , Kirk-Othmer Chemical Technology and the Environment: Volume 1 (page 151)
    • An important task for any detergent is to remove visible soilings .

    filth

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles
  • smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution
  • * Tillotson
    • to purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights
  • (British, pejorative, slang) the police
  • weeds growing on pasture land
    • Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.

    Derived terms

    * filthy