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Mousiest vs Mossiest - What's the difference?

mousiest | mossiest |

As adjectives the difference between mousiest and mossiest

is that mousiest is (mousy) while mossiest is (mossy).

mousiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (mousy)

    • mousy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mousey

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling a mouse
  • Quiet, stealthy
  • Timid
  • A greyish brown colour.
    • It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair (1971)

    mossiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (mossy)

    • mossy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in or overgrown with moss.

    • Derived terms

    * mossy cell * mossy fiber, mossy fibre * mossy foot * mossy New Caledonian gecko * mossy saxifrage * mossiness * mossy-back, mossy-backed * * mossy-cup oak * mossy horn * mossy stonecrop * mossy zinc