mildew vs smut

mildew and smut both are nouns.

mildew and smut both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mildew	Yes	No	Yes	No
smut	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, smut is a hyponym of mildew; that is, smut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mildew:

mildew: become moldy; spoil due to humidity
smut: become affected with smut

Other hyponyms of mildew include dry-rot.

mildew (noun)	smut (noun)
a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter	creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
the process of becoming mildewed	an offensive or indecent word or phrase
	any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
	destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
	a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

mildew (verb)	smut (verb)
become moldy; spoil due to humidity	affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
	stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
	become affected with smut
	make obscene

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