Muddy vs Moist - What's the difference?
muddy | moist |
Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.
With mud or other sediment brought into suspension, turbid.
Not clear; mixed up or blurry.
Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.
* Burke
* Shakespeare
(euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
To get mud on (something).
To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to; to muddle.
* 2014 , Steve Rose, "
Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.
* 1937 , "Modernist Miracle", Time , 1 Nov 1937:
* 2011 , Dominic Streatfeild, The Guardian , 7 Jan 2011:
Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.
* 1974 , "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time , 6 Dec 1974:
Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.
* 2008 , Graham Harvey, The Guardian , 8 Sep 2008:
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(obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid.
* 1658 , Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia :
(medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.
(colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).
* 2008 , Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix , p. 168:
As adjectives the difference between muddy and moist
is that muddy is covered with or full of mud or wet soil while moist is slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.As a verb muddy
is to get mud on (something).muddy
English
Adjective
(er)- He slogged across the muddy field.
- Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.
- The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle.
- The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.
- cold hearts and muddy understandings
- dost think I am so muddy , so unsettled
Verb
- If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside.
- The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review", The Guardian , 1 July 2014:
- As the humans establish tentative bonds with their evolutionary cousins, the inter-species waters start to muddy .
moist
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Joseph Smith, a diffident, conscientious young man with moist hands and an awkward, absent-minded manner, was head gardener at Wotton Vanborough.
- "The other car didn't explode," continues Shujaa. "The explosives were a bit moist . They had been stored in a place that was too humid."
- Eyes moist , he hugged one of his attorneys and later said: "I feel like I've been reborn."
- With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.
- Pituita'', or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the ''chylus […].
- Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.
- He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.
