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Musty vs Sappy - What's the difference?

musty | sappy |

As adjectives the difference between musty and sappy

is that musty is having a stale odor while sappy is excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy.

musty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a stale odor.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.

    sappy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
    • It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
  • Having sap or having to do with sap.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) sapere to taste.

    Alternative forms

    * sapy

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) musty; tainted
    • (Webster 1913)