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Moulder vs Mouldier - What's the difference?

moulder | mouldier |

As a verb moulder

is to decay or rot.

As a noun moulder

is a person who moulds dough into loaves.

As an adjective mouldier is

(mouldy).

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.
  • Anagrams

    *

    mouldier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (mouldy)
  • Anagrams

    *

    mouldy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * moldy (US)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Covered with mould.
  • Neglected.
  • Synonyms

    * (covered with mould): rotten * (neglected): disused, neglected