Muck vs Musk - What's the difference?
muck | musk |
Slimy mud.
Soft or slimy manure.
dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
Anything filthy or vile.
(obsolete, derogatory) money
* Beaumont and Fletcher
To shovel muck.
To manure with muck.
To do a dirty job.
(poker, colloquial) To pass (gloss, give one's cards back to the dealer).
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
The odour of musk.
The musk deer.
The (musk plant) ().
A plant of the genus ); the (musky heronsbill).
A plant of the genus Muscari ; grape hyacinth.
(slang, colloquial, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed, especially that of a man.
As nouns the difference between muck and musk
is that muck is slimy mud while musk is a greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.As verbs the difference between muck and musk
is that muck is to shovel muck while musk is to perfume with musk.muck
English
Noun
(-)- The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
- I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
- (Francis Bacon)
- What's that green muck on the floor?
- (Spenser)
- the fatal muck we quarrelled for
Derived terms
* mucky * where there's muck there's brassVerb
(en verb)- We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
Derived terms
* muck about * muck around * muck in * muck out * muck up * mucker * muckraker * mucky * muck spreader * common as muck * where there's muck there's brass ----musk
English
(wikipedia musk)Noun
(en noun)- I was so excited I could smell my own musk .