What's the difference between flyblown and maggoty?

Flyblown


Definition:

  • (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Freelance musicians at the lowest end of the corrido hierarchy, they wait on street corners or stroll through the flyblown cantinas, where for a pound a shot, they can offer you three minutes of glory.
  • (2) Evidence that badgers were the crucial vector was "somewhat flyblown" and it feared farmers, roused by sensational press reports, would commence a mass — and illegal — slaughter.
  • (3) But it can also be flyblown, like Nigel Farage’s sub-teddy boy Eng-nat kit.

Maggoty


Definition:

  • (a.) Infested with maggots.
  • (a.) Full of whims; capricious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The cat doesn't give a crap if you've come from LA and trained Will Smith's cats and have a pocket full of Kibbles: it will keep on dragging maggoty voles under your bed and sitting staring at you through a window mouthing "mow?
  • (2) I for one can't wait for the scene with a maggoty margherita.

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