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Mouldy vs Foisty - What's the difference?

mouldy | foisty |

As adjectives the difference between mouldy and foisty

is that mouldy is covered with mould while foisty is mouldy, musty, fusty.

mouldy

English

Alternative forms

* moldy (US)

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

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

    Related terms

    * mould

    foisty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • mouldy, musty, fusty
  • * 1669 , John Worlidge, Systema agriculturae: The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered :
    • Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty .
  • * 2000 , Samuel Bamford, Martin Hewitt, Robert Poole, The Diaries of Samuel Bamford , page 2:
    • Papers 150 years old, mildewed, rotten and stinking like muck; and mouldy foisty old books dating from 1638.

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