Mouldy vs Rancid - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between mouldy and rancid

is that mouldy is covered with mould while rancid is being rank in taste or smell.

* moldy (US)

(en-adj)

Covered with mould.

Neglected.

* (covered with mould): rotten * (neglected): disused, neglected

(en adjective)

Being rank in taste or smell.

The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.

offensive

His remarks were rancid ; everyone got up and left.

* Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

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