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
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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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