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Fusty vs Fusted - What's the difference?

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Fusted is a related term of fusty.



As adjectives the difference between fusty and fusted

is that fusty is moldy or musty while fusted is mouldy; having a bad smell.

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

    fusted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mouldy; having a bad smell
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Of fusted hoppes, now lost for lacke of sayle, / Or mo'ld browne-paper that could nought availe.

    Related terms

    * fusty