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Moldy vs Mangy - What's the difference?

moldy | mangy |

As adjectives the difference between moldy and mangy

is that moldy is covered with mold while mangy is afflicted with mange.

moldy

English

Alternative forms

* mouldy (UK)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Covered with mold.
  • Stale or musty.

    • mangy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Afflicted with mange.
  • Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
    • We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.

    Synonyms

    * shabby