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Corky vs Fusty - What's the difference?

corky | fusty |

As adjectives the difference between corky and fusty

is that corky is of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork while fusty is moldy or musty.

As a noun corky

is (au|slang) an injury caused by a blow ("corking").

corky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
    • This one smells a bit corky ; get me another bottle.
  • Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Bind fast his corky arms.

    Synonyms

    * (like cork) suberose, suberous (in botany)

    Noun

    (corkies)
  • (AU, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").

    • Anagrams

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    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.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "fusty")

    Derived terms

    * fustily * fustiness