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Damp vs. Mucky — What's the Difference?

Damp vs. Mucky — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Damp and Mucky

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Damp

Slightly wet
A damp sponge.

Mucky

A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.

Damp

Humid
Damp air.

Mucky

Moist farmyard dung; manure.

Damp

(Archaic) Dejected; depressed.
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Mucky

Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.

Damp

Moisture in the air; humidity
Come in out of the damp.

Mucky

Something filthy or disgusting.

Damp

Moisture that lies or has condensed on something
“I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass” (Charles Dickens).

Mucky

Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.

Damp

Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.

Mucky

The pile of discarded cards, as in poker
Threw his hand into the muck.

Damp

Lowness of spirits; depression
“An angry or sorrowful [countenance] throws a sudden damp upon me” (David Hume).

Mucky

To fertilize with manure or compost.

Damp

A restraint or check; a discouragement
“The issue of arms was so slow as to throw a great damp upon volunteering” (James Franck Bright).

Mucky

To make dirty, especially with muck.

Damp

To make damp or moist; moisten.

Mucky

To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).

Damp

To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.

Mucky

To fold (one's hand) in a card game, especially by pushing one's cards away.

Damp

To restrain or check
News that damped our enthusiasm.

Mucky

To muck one's hand in a card game.

Damp

(Music) To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.

Mucky

(colloquial) Covered in muck.

Damp

(Physics) To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).

Mucky

(colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
A mucky magazine

Damp

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.

Mucky

Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.

Damp

(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.

Mucky

Vile, in a moral sense; sordid.
Mucky money and false felicity.

Damp

Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.}}

Mucky

(of soil) soft and watery;
The ground was boggy under foot
A marshy coastline
Miry roads
Wet mucky lowland
Muddy barnyard
Quaggy terrain
The sloughy edge of the pond
Swampy bayous

Damp

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

Mucky

Dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck;
Muddy boots
A mucky stable

Damp

(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.

Damp

(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.

Damp

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

Damp

To dampen; to make moderately wet
To damp cloth

Damp

To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

Damp

(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

Damp

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Night . . . with black airAccompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.

Damp

Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.

Damp

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

Damp

Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.

Damp

Dejected; depressed; sunk.
All these and more came flocking, but with looksDowncast and damp.

Damp

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

Damp

To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.

Damp

A slight wetness

Damp

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Damp

Restrain or discourage;
The sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere

Damp

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
Muffle the message

Damp

Lessen in force or effect;
Soften a shock
Break a fall

Damp

Slightly wet;
Clothes damp with perspiration
A moist breeze
Eyes moist with tears

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