Sod vs. Turf — What's the Difference?

Sod, also known as turf, is grass. When harvested into rolls it is held together by its roots and a thin layer of soil.

A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots; sod.

A section of grass-covered surface soil held together by matted roots; turf.

An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.

The ground, especially when covered with grass.

A piece cut from a layer of earth or sod.

A sodomite.

A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.

A person regarded as obnoxious or contemptible.

The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick

A fellow; a guy

A geographical area; a territory.

To cover with sod.

The area claimed by a gang, as of youths, as its personal territory.

To damn.

A racetrack.

(uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

The sport or business of racing horses.

(uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

To spread with turf

(countable) A piece of this.

Chiefly British Slang To throw out, as from a place or position; eject

Sodomite; bugger.

(Slang) To kill

A person; often qualified with an adjective.

(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.

Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.

A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.

(countable) A block of peat used as fuel.

To cover with sod.

A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own.

Bugger; sodomize.

A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses.

Damn, curse, confound.

To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.

(obsolete) seethe

(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.

Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.

(obsolete) Boiled.

(business) To cancel a project or product.

Sodden; incompletely risen.

To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.

The rock dove.

To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.

That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.

To cover with sod; to turf.

Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.

Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots

Race course; horse racing; - preceded by the.

An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen;

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, or the border of a terrace.

Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots

An informal British term for a youth or man;

The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

Cover with sod

Range of jurisdiction or influence;

Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots