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Rusted vs Crusted - What's the difference?

rusted | crusted |

As verbs the difference between rusted and crusted

is that rusted is (rust) while crusted is (crust).

As an adjective rusted

is (often|rusted-out) corroded; steel that has oxidized; covered in rust.

rusted

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (often, rusted-out) Corroded; steel that has oxidized; covered in rust.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (rust)

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    crusted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crust)

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    crust

    English

    (wikipedia crust)

    Noun

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external layer of most types of bread.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • * Dryden
    • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
  • * Macaulay
    • They made the crust for the venison pasty.
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
    • You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
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  • crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)

    • Related terms

    * crusted * crusty * encrust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a crust.
  • * Boyle
    • The whole body is crusted over with ice.
  • * Felton
    • Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
  • To form a crust.

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