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.
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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.
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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.
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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!