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Mildewed vs Fusty - What's the difference?

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Mildewed is a related term of fusty.


As a verb mildewed

is (mildew).

As an adjective fusty is

moldy or musty.

mildewed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mildew)

    • mildew

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

    • See also

    * mould, mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To taint with mildew.
  • * 1605 , , (William Shakespeare), act 3 scene 4
    • He mildews the white wheat.
  • To become tainted with mildew.
  • * 1851 ,
    • His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.

    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