Manure vs. Feces — What's the Difference?

Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure.

Feces (or faeces) is the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contains a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially altered bilirubin, and dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut.Feces is discharged through the anus or cloaca during defecation.

Animal dung used for fertilizing land

Waste matter eliminated from the bowels; excrement.

Apply manure to (land)

Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement.

The dung of livestock or poultry.

Dregs; sediment; excrement. See FÆces.

Such dung, or other organic or chemical material, used to fertilize soil.

Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as animal dung.

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.

(euphemism) Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance.

Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material

Spread manure, as for fertilization