Dustiest vs Duskiest - What's the difference?
dustiest | duskiest |
(dusty)
Covered with dust.
powdery and resembling dust
gray/grey in parts
(dusky)
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=1 A shade of color that is rather dark.
(dated) dark-skinned
:* In the raw attempt to apply the perfected institutions of Anglo-Saxon civilization to the descendants of the dusky races which inhabited Mexico before the discovery of America by Columbus, the Mexican statesmen of 1824 put the principles of democratic government to a terrible ordeal.
ashen, greyish skin coloration
A dusky shark.
A dusky dolphin.
As adjectives the difference between dustiest and duskiest
is that dustiest is (dusty) while duskiest is (dusky).dustiest
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*dusty
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(er)Derived terms
* dusty millerAnagrams
*duskiest
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(head)dusky
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(er)- I like it when it is dusky , just before the street lights come on.
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- The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
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- This man in shock has a silver colored dusky skin tone.