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Rustful vs Gustful - What's the difference?

rustful | gustful |

As adjectives the difference between rustful and gustful

is that rustful is (archaic) full of rust; resembling or causing rust; rusty while gustful is gusty.

rustful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Full of rust; resembling or causing rust; rusty.
    • Rustful sloth. — Quarles.
    (Webster 1913)

    gustful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • gusty
  • * Tennyson
    • A gustful April morn.
  • (obsolete) tasty; good-tasting
  • * Sir K. Digby
    • The said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long.

    Derived terms

    * gustfulness (Webster 1913)