Rancid vs Musty - What's the difference?
rancid | musty |
Being rank in taste or smell.
offensive
Having a stale odor.
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As adjectives the difference between rancid and musty
is that rancid is being rank in taste or smell while musty is having a stale odor.rancid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
- His remarks were rancid ; everyone got up and left.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.External links
* * *musty
English
Adjective
(er)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.