Mold vs. Tempered — What's the Difference?

A mold (US) or mould (UK, NZ, AU, ZA, IN, CA, IE) is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. In contrast, fungi that can adopt a single-celled growth habit are called yeasts.

Having a specified temper or disposition. Often used in combination

A town in north-eastern Wales, administrative centre of Flintshire; population 10,500 (est. 2009).

Adjusted or attuned by the addition of a counterbalancing element; moderated or measured

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

Made appropriately hard or flexible by tempering

A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.

Having the requisite degree of hardness or elasticity. Used of glass or a metal.

Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

(Music) Tuned to temperament. Used of a scale, an interval, a semitone, or intonation.

The shape or pattern of a mold.

(in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.

General shape or form

Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.

Distinctive character or type

Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.

A fixed or restrictive pattern or form

Moderated or balanced by other considerations.

(Architecture) See molding.

(music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.

Any of various filamentous fungi that grow on and contribute to the decay of organic matter.

Simple past tense and past participle of temper

A growth of such fungi.

Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; - chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

Any of various other saprophytic or parasitic organisms that resemble fungi, such as slime molds or water molds.

Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;

Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element;

The earth; the ground.

The earth of the grave.

(Archaic) Earth as the substance of the human body.

To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material

To form into a particular shape; give shape to

To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

To fit closely by following the contours of (the body). Used of clothing.

To assume a certain shape

To become moldy.

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.

Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

The shape or pattern of a mold.

General shape or form.

Distinctive character or type.

A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.

(architecture) A group of moldings.

(anatomy) A fontanelle.

A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

A fungus that creates such colored, furry growths.

Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

Earth, ground.

The top or crown of the head.

(transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.

(transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

(transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.

(transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.

(transitive) To ornament with moldings.

(intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

(transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

(intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

To cover with mold or soil.

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.

Cast; form; shape; character.

A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

A fontanel.

A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

To cover with mold or soil.

To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

The distinctive form in which a thing is made;

Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

Loose soil rich in organic matter

The process of becoming mildewed

A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

Sculpture produced by molding

Form in clay, wax, etc;

Become moldy; spoil due to humidity;

Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;

Make something, usually for a specific function;

Fit tightly, follow the contours of;

Shape or influence; give direction to;