What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Fustier vs Rustier - What's the difference?

fustier | rustier |

As adjectives the difference between fustier and rustier

is that fustier is (fusty) while rustier is (rusty).

fustier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (fusty)
  • Anagrams

    *

    fusty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Moldy or musty.
  • Stale-smelling or stuffy.
  • (figuratively, by extension) old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
  • (of wine) Tasting of the cask.
  • Derived terms

    * fustily * fustiness

    rustier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rusty)

  • rusty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected by rust.
  • Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Having red or reddish-brown hair.
  • Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC
  • , title= Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton , passage=Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.}}
  • Discolored and rancid; reasty.
  • :
  • Derived terms

    * rusty nail

    Anagrams

    *