The difference between Mildew and Mold

When used as nouns, mildew means a growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances, whereas mold means a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

When used as verbs, mildew means to taint with mildew, whereas mold means to shape in or on a mold.

check bellow for the other definitions of Mildew and Mold

  1. Mildew as a noun (plant disease):

    A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

  1. Mildew as a verb (transitive):

    To taint with mildew.

  2. Mildew as a verb (intransitive):

    To become tainted with mildew.

  1. Mold as a noun:

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

  2. Mold as a noun:

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

  3. Mold as a noun:

    Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

  4. Mold as a noun:

    The shape or pattern of a mold.

  5. Mold as a noun:

    General shape or form.

    Examples:

    "the oval mold of her face"

  6. Mold as a noun:

    Distinctive character or type.

    Examples:

    "a leader in the mold of her predecessors"

  7. Mold as a noun:

    A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.

    Examples:

    "His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery."

  8. Mold as a noun (architecture):

    A group of moldings.

    Examples:

    "the arch mold of a porch or doorway;  the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts"

  9. Mold as a noun (anatomy):

    A fontanelle.

  1. Mold as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Mold as a verb (transitive):

    To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

  3. Mold as a verb (transitive):

    To fit closely by following the contours of.

  4. Mold as a verb (transitive):

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

  5. Mold as a verb (transitive):

    To ornament with moldings.

  6. Mold as a verb (intransitive):

    To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

    Examples:

    "These shoes gradually molded to my feet."

  1. Mold as a noun:

    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.

  1. Mold as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Mold as a verb (intransitive):

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

  1. Mold as a noun:

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

  2. Mold as a noun (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural):

    Earth, ground.

  1. Mold as a verb:

    To cover with mold or soil.

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