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Bacterial vs Mildew - What's the difference?

bacterial | mildew |

As an adjective bacterial

is (microbiology) of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

As a noun mildew is

a growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

As a verb mildew is

to taint with mildew.

bacterial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

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    * bacterio-

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    mildew

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

    • See also

    * mould, mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To taint with mildew.
  • * 1605 , , (William Shakespeare), act 3 scene 4
    • He mildews the white wheat.
  • To become tainted with mildew.
  • * 1851 ,
    • His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.