What's the difference between crusty and rusty?

Crusty


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
  • (a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It's brown, crusty and cratered, like somewhere Hubble may have sent back a photo of.
  • (2) So the tested solution proved to be beneficial in humidifying atrophic or otherwise dry mucosa, douching crusty nose and as adjuvant therapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.
  • (3) The Guardian’s own readers’ anthology of dubious deals – crusty rolls 40p, two for £1!
  • (4) 96% of the patients have a single, small, ulcerated and crusty lesion on the face surrounded by an important zone of infiltration.
  • (5) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
  • (6) Bake at 150C for 1 hour 15 minutes or until nicely crusty.
  • (7) 7 Serve the leeks on top of a scoop of beans, sprinkled with hazelnuts and drizzled with olive oil, with crusty bread.
  • (8) "Golden, crusty … and it must have the right smell," added Vincent.
  • (9) At 4.43am on 21 June, when the sun rises above the rolling plains of Wiltshire and, cloud willing, its rays come fingering their way through the grass to touch the mighty sarsens and bluestones of the Henge, it will be a moment of joy for all concerned: the battles of the past between druids, crusties, conservators, archaeologists, seers and sightseers are over – thousands of them will be there, ready to celebrate the dawn of a new age for the Neolithic.
  • (10) On the outside it is golden and crusty, with a light dusting of flour.
  • (11) This shape is more related to the qualities sought by consumers who want a "light", "crusty", well-baked (golden brown) loaf.
  • (12) The motley contents of my baking cupboard – some flour, sugar, a handful of currants and a few crusty tins of syrup – are hardly inspiring, but I've vowed not to leave the house until the weather brightens.
  • (13) Even the handsomest loaf of crusty bread isn't really at its best until it has grown stale, been torn apart, drenched with custard or syrup and baked all over again.
  • (14) Clinical signs included thick, crusty, exudative dermatitis on the feet, caudal aspect of the thighs, and tail.
  • (15) And it's not just crusty protesters threatening to move their overdrafts – the campaign says it's close to persuading even some Tory MPs to take the pledge.
  • (16) This is true of any decent diary, from the grumpily conservative Duke of Newcastle, whose obscure account of the passing of the Reform Act is a masterpiece of old reaction, to the outstanding diarists of the last century — crusty Tory MPs led by Chips Channon and Alan Clark, or Labour's Bernard Donoughue, chronicling the baroque mayhem of the later Wilson years.
  • (17) We had the Baddiel and Skinner song on tape for Euro 96 and my mum playing it in her crusty white Peugeot, and we'd all sing along.
  • (18) Thirteen of the 15 lambs were affected but the clinical signs were mild; small, discrete, crusty lesions on the inner aspect of the ear at the junction of its anterior and posterior borders were typical.
  • (19) Serve together, accompanied by some good-quality crusty bread.
  • (20) In Timothy Crouse’s seminal campaign book, “The Boys on the Bus,” the crusty political reporters settle on the story that they will tell the world at the end of the day.

Rusty


Definition:

  • (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
  • (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
  • (superl.) Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
  • (superl.) Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
  • (superl.) Rust-colored; dark.
  • (superl.) Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
  • (superl.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Its diplomatic machinery is a little bit rusty," said Zhu Feng, of Peking University's centre for international and strategic studies.
  • (2) Soon my pillowcases bore rusty coins of nasal drippage.
  • (3) Protected by a rusty padlocked gate, Macrinus's tomb was targeted by thieves after it was first excavated in 2008.
  • (4) A gentle drizzle beats an insistent rhythm on the rusty, corrugated iron classroom roof at Katwe primary school in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
  • (5) But to enjoy it like a local, give the tourist-tat main road a miss and dive into the snarl of side streets, where wheeler-dealers hawk everything from rusty doorknobs to 17th-century art.
  • (6) With the breakdown of trapped hemoglobin, iron-containing hemosiderin is stored in synovial tissue producing rusty discoloration and proliferative reaction.
  • (7) 3.26am BST 62 mins The hour coming up is not lost on our Twitter followers Rusty (@bussruckley) But seriously, can Jurgen make a sub before its too late?
  • (8) The man with the rusty teeth struggles over the word on the whiteboard, one of a handful the teacher has written for the class.
  • (9) Rusty (@bussruckley) @KidWeil these vuvuzelas are death.
  • (10) Regardless, the England manager is keen to include Wilshere in the squad in the belief he boasts the required pedigree to succeed, however rusty he is after his lay-off.
  • (11) Diagnosis of the first case was made from fragments of an endometrial polyp obtained after curettage done because of a rusty vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain.
  • (12) As the interval arrived the home rear-defence had indeed been more composed, though Kompany’s rustiness caused two errors.
  • (13) He said allegations by a senior government official that the tools were rusty were untrue and that he wore gloves and a gown.
  • (14) When a lost boy meets a rusty child who teaches him to chomp iron bars, or a disgruntled crowd is distracted by beancurd fritters, Mo insists that everything lags behind the belly.
  • (15) Didier Drogba was making the first start of his second coming in these parts, but was understandably rusty and, long before the end, rather wheezing.
  • (16) A faint dog-collar effect is lent by that all-white chin, the rest of his rusty beard creeping over his cheeks like a delightful kind of lichen.
  • (17) The moors, covered with bracken turning a rusty brown, stretched as far as the eye could see.
  • (18) This will be a classic "are they rusty or rested" game, as Miami return from vacation to face a Nets team that just finished a grueling seven-game series against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, winning 104-103 only after Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry's attempted game-winner.
  • (19) Since Warp's minimal beginnings, they've built a legacy that has taken in a florally abundant range of styles, from the haunted psychedelia of Broadcast to Bibio, Boards Of Canada, Black Dog Productions and Rustie .
  • (20) Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sánchez, restored after his exertions at the Copa América, all revelled where they had been so rusty at the Emirates Stadium the previous week as Arsenal whipped up the kind of upbeat tempo they had enjoyed in the spring, when, albeit in a game of catch-up, they had been the Premier League’s resurgent force.