smut vs mildew

smut and mildew both are nouns.

smut and mildew both are verbs.

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

As verbs, mildew is a hypernym of smut; that is, mildew is a word with a broader meaning than smut:

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

Other hypernyms of smut include mold, mould.

smut (noun)	mildew (noun)
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire	a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
an offensive or indecent word or phrase	the process of becoming mildewed
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

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

Difference between smut and mildew

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