mothball

As nouns the difference between mothball and motoball

is that mothball is a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient while motoball is a game resembling football, but with players (except the goalkeepers) riding motorcycles, and with a much larger ball.

As a verb mothball

is to store or shelve (something that is no longer used.

As nouns the difference between camphor and mothball

is that camphor is a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy while mothball is a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

As a verb mothball is

to store or shelve (something that is no longer used.

As a noun mothball

is a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

As a verb mothball

is to store or shelve (something that is no longer used).

As an adjective mothbally is

resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour.