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Mussy vs Mossy - What's the difference?

mussy | mossy |

As adjectives the difference between mussy and mossy

is that mussy is having been mussed, messy, rumpled while mossy is covered in or overgrown with moss.

As a noun mussy

is eye dialect of from=African American Vernacular English lang=en.

mussy

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having been mussed, messy, rumpled.

    • Etymology 2

    African-American dialect pronunciation of mercy.

    Noun

  • * 1937 , , Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), page 170:
    • God have mussy !

    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