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Moulded vs Moulder - What's the difference?

moulded | moulder |

As verbs the difference between moulded and moulder

is that moulded is (mould) while moulder is to decay or rot.

As a noun moulder is

a person who moulds dough into loaves.

moulded

English

Alternative forms

* molded

Verb

(head)
  • (mould)

    • mould

    English

    Etymology

    Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, Canadian, Australian)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, Canadian, Australian)

    • moulder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decay or rot.
  • * Mason
    • [Time's] gradual touch / Has mouldered into beauty many a tower.
  • *c.1855': John Brown's body lies a-'''mouldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on! — Traditional, ''John Brown's Body
  • * 1841 , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Rainy Day", Ballads and Other Poems
    • The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
    It rains, and the wind is never weary;
    The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
    But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
    And the day is dark and dreary.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who moulds dough into loaves.
  • Anyone who moulds or shapes things.
  • A machine used for moulding.

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