Dust vs. Lint — What's the Difference?

Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution.

Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.

Fine, dry particles of matter.

Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.

A cloud of fine, dry particles.

The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.

Particles of matter regarded as the result of disintegration

Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

Earth, especially when regarded as the substance of the grave

A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

The surface of the ground.

The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

A debased or despised condition.

Raw cotton ready for baling.

Something of no worth.

To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

Chiefly British Rubbish readied for disposal.

Flax.

Confusion; agitation; commotion

Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.

To remove dust from by wiping, brushing, or beating

Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

To sprinkle with a powdery substance

Cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds

To apply or strew in fine particles

(Baseball) To deliver a pitch so close to (the batter) as to make the batter back away.

To clean by removing dust.

To cover itself with dry soil or other particulate matter. Used of a bird.

Fine particles

(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.

(obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.

(countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

(figurative) Something worthless.

(figurative) A low or mean condition.

Cash; money (in reference to gold dust).

(colloquial) A disturbance or uproar.

(mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.

(transitive) To remove dust from.

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

(intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.

(transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.

To leave; to rush off.

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

(slang) To kill.

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

A single particle of earth or other matter.

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Figuratively, a worthless thing.

Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

Gold dust

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

To sprinkle with dust.

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Free microscopic particles of solid material;

Remove the dust from;

Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

Cover with a light dusting of a substance;

Distribute loosely;