Mildew vs Honeydew - What's the difference?
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A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
To taint with mildew.
* 1605 , , (William Shakespeare), act 3 scene 4
To become tainted with mildew.
* 1851 ,
A sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects.
A sweet sticky substance produced by the leaves of some plants.
(countable) A melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior, of cultivar group .
A light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.
Mildew is a related term of honeydew.
As nouns the difference between mildew and honeydew
is that mildew is a growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances while honeydew is a sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects.As a verb mildew
is to taint with mildew.As a adjective honeydew is
of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.mildew
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* mould, moldVerb
(en verb)- He mildews the white wheat.
- His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
