Difference Wiki

Sand vs. Soil

Sand and Soil Definitions

Sand

Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

Soil

The top layer of the earth's surface in which plants can grow, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with decayed organic matter and having the capability of retaining water.

Sand

(Geology) A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.

Soil

A particular kind of earth or ground
Sandy soil.

Sand

Often sands A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.

Soil

Country; land
Native soil.
ADVERTISEMENT

Sand

The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.

Soil

The agricultural life
A man of the soil.

Sand

Sands Moments of allotted time or duration
"The sands are numb'red that makes up my life" (Shakespeare).

Soil

A place or condition favorable to growth; a breeding ground.

Sand

(Slang) Courage; stamina; perseverance
"She had more sand in her than any girl I ever see.
In my opinion she was just full of sand" (Mark Twain).

Soil

The state of being soiled.
ADVERTISEMENT

Sand

A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.

Soil

A stain.

Sand

To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.

Soil

Filth, sewage, or refuse.

Sand

To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.

Soil

Manure, especially human excrement, used as fertilizer.
ADVERTISEMENT

Sand

To mix with sand.

Soil

To make dirty, particularly on the surface.

Sand

To fill up (a harbor) with sand.

Soil

To disgrace; tarnish
A reputation soiled by scandal.

Sand

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Soil

To corrupt; defile.

Sand

A beach or other expanse of sand.
The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

Soil

To dirty with excrement.

Sand

Personal courage.

Soil

To become dirty, stained, or tarnished.

Sand

A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Soil

To feed (livestock) with soilage.

Sand

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Soil

(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

Sand

A single grain of sand.

Soil

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

Sand

A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Soil

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.

Sand

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

Soil

Country or territory.

Sand

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Soil

That which soils or pollutes; a stain.

Sand

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

Soil

A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.

Sand

(transitive) To cover with sand.

Soil

Dung; compost; manure.

Sand

To blot ink using sand.

Soil

Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

Sand

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.

Soil

A bag containing soiled items.

Sand

A single particle of such stone.

Soil

A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

Sand

The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
The sands are numbered that make up my life.

Soil

(transitive) To make dirty.

Sand

Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Soil

(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.

Sand

Courage; pluck; grit.

Soil

To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

Sand

To sprinkle or cover with sand.

Soil

(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.

Sand

To drive upon the sand.

Soil

To make invalid, to ruin.

Sand

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Soil

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Sand

To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.

Soil

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.

Sand

A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

Soil

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.

Sand

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Soil

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop.

Sand

Fortitude and determination;
He didn't have the guts to try it

Soil

To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.

Sand

Rub with sandpaper;
Sandpaper the wooden surface

Soil

To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

Soil

To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.

Soil

The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.

Soil

Land; country.
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leaveThee, native soil?

Soil

Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.

Soil

A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils,Yet still the shaft sticks fast.
O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.

Soil

That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil.

Soil

The state of being covered with unclean things

Soil

The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Soil

Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
The land had never been plowed
Good agricultural soil

Soil

The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state;
American troops were stationed on Japanese soil

Soil

Make soiled, filthy, or dirty;
Don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons