Filth vs. Dirt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Filth and Dirt
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Filth
Foul or dirty matter.
Dirt
Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions. In such case they are said to become dirty.
Filth
Disgusting garbage or refuse.
Dirt
Earth or soil.
Filth
A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.
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Dirt
A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust.
Filth
Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.
Dirt
Excrement.
Filth
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
Dirt
A squalid or filthy condition.
Filth
Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
Dirt
One that is mean, contemptible, or vile.
Filth
A vile or disgusting person.
Dirt
Obscene language or subject matter.
Filth
Weeds growing on pasture land.
Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.
Dirt
Malicious or scandalous gossip.
Filth
The police.
We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.
Dirt
Information that embarrasses or accuses.
Filth
Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
Dirt
Unethical behavior or practice; corruption.
Filth
Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights.
Dirt
Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.
Filth
Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
Dirt
Soil or earth.
Filth
The state of being covered with unclean things
Dirt
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
Filth
A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Dirt
Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.
The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
Dirt
(figurative) Meanness; sordidness.
Dirt
(mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Dirt
Freckles
Dirt
To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty
Dirt
Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Dirt
Meanness; sordidness.
Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.
Dirt
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Dirt
To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
Dirt
The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Dirt
The state of being covered with unclean things
Dirt
Obscene terms for feces
Dirt
Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
Dirt
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
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