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Hackneyed vs Fusty - What's the difference?

hackneyed | fusty |

As adjectives the difference between hackneyed and fusty

is that hackneyed is repeated too often while fusty is moldy or musty.

As a verb hackneyed

is past tense of hackney.

hackneyed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Repeated too often.
    • The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

    Synonyms

    * banal, commonplace, , shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hackney)

    • 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