mold vs smut

mold and smut both are nouns.

mold and smut both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of mold include dry-rot.

mold (noun)	smut (noun)
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens	creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
sculpture produced by molding	an offensive or indecent word or phrase
a distinctive nature, character, or type	any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold	destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter	a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
the process of becoming mildewed
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
loose soil rich in organic matter

mold (verb)	smut (verb)
become moldy; spoil due to humidity	affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
shape or influence; give direction to	stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
fit tightly, follow the contours of	become affected with smut
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold	make obscene
make something, usually for a specific function
form in clay, wax, etc

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