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Moisty vs Moiety - What's the difference?

moisty | moiety |

As an adjective moisty

is moist.

As a noun moiety is

half.

moisty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • moist

    • moiety

    English

    (wikipedia moiety)

    Noun

    (moieties)
  • Half.
  • * 1828 , “The Zoological Society”, in T. Crofton Croker (editor), The Christmas Box :
    • From New Holland the emu,
  • *:: With his better moiety ,
    • Has paid a visit to the Zo-
  • *:: Ological Society.
  • A share or portion.
  • (chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.
    • Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety .
  • (anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
  • * William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra :
    • The death of Antony
    Is not a single doom; in the name lay
    A moiety of the world.

    Derived terms

    * matrimoiety, patrimoiety