What's the difference between muss and mussy?

Muss


Definition:

  • (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
  • (n.) A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
  • (v. t.) To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple.
  • (n.) A term of endearment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While studying the ultrastructure of rat celiac nodes, it was stated that lemmocytes from the intercellular plexus develop around separate neuronal processes spiral membranes and multilayer membranes in the shape of concentric "musses".
  • (2) Tory pundits jeered that the pretty boy, the effete “Dauphin” of Canadian politics, was about to get his famous hair badly mussed.
  • (3) Almost as soon as two HIV-prevention activists set up outside the pharmacy in the outskirts of Moscow with two huge backpacks of supplies, a skinny young man with mussed hair and an impish grin quickly walked up to them.
  • (4) Eight anticoagulant rodenticides were used against Rattus norvegicus, R. r. frugivorous and Muss musculus.
  • (5) Three of those charged on Monday – Mohamed Farah, Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman and Hanad Mustafe Musse – had previously been stopped at a New York City airport in November along with 19-year-old Hamza Ahmed, but had not been charged.
  • (6) A doe-eyed stare and mussed-up hair denotes natural beauty, as if you've just woken up and can't help looking like this.
  • (7) Then you'll muss it up with your fingers as soon as you're out of his eyeline and pray that it'll look better once it's washed.
  • (8) For primary molar amalgams the 4-year survival rates "estimate" ist ein Schätzwert--wenn der Autor es so gemeint hat, muss "estimate" stehenbleiben, andernfalls heisst es "iate" (= Quote) were 67% for Class 1 restorations and for 55% Class 2 fillings.
  • (9) Methyl methane-sulfonate (MMS)-sensitive, radiation-induced mutants of Aspergillus were shown to define nine new DNA repair genes, musK to musS.
  • (10) If you're a woman reading this – or, more importantly, looking at the pictures – you will know exactly what I'm talking about: you probably feel like telling me there's a wasp near my hair, just so you can reach out and muss it up a little.
  • (11) This, say campaigners, is because children are unwilling to speak out against their families and communities and that is why Faduma, along with her daughter, Lul Musse, and granddaughter, Samira Hashi, have agreed to explain how – even in a loving and close-knit family such as theirs – such a custom can be perpetuated.
  • (12) (Hochstrasser, K., Muss, M., and Werle, E. (1967) Z. Physiol.
  • (13) Previous injection of cathergen (+)-cyanidonol-3) decreased the region of hepatocytes necrosis, stabilized microvessels diameter and increased muss cells degranulation.
  • (14) As foreign minister, Boris Johnson now has to lie in the bed he made himself” Nikolaus Blome (@NikolausBlome) Es gibt doch noch Gerechtigkeit: Als Außenminister muss Boris #Johnson die Suppe (mit) auslöffeln, die er seinem Land eingebrockt hat... July 13, 2016 Sweden’s former prime minister Carl Bildt was among those despairing over the decision.
  • (15) Hair carefully mussed, suit slightly awry, he deadpanned the line he knew would guarantee his place on the front pages and in the comment columns for days and weeks to come.
  • (16) Jacob Varghese from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Luke Hilakari from the Victorian Trades Hall, Waleed Muss from the board of directors of Rise and Brigid Arthur from the Brigidine Asylum seeker project are also board members.

Mussy


Definition:

  • (a.) Disarranged; rumpled.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Father Mussie Zerai , an Eritrean priest who campaigns for refugees’ rights across Europe, believes the EU should now ensure full accountability and transparency on how those resources will be used: “European taxpayers’ money should not be wasted or, worse, it could strengthen the regime, contradicting Europe’s founding principles and values,” he said.
  • (2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mussie Zerai Mussie Zerai This Eritrean priest set up a hotline for refugees from his country and beyond who found themselves in peril on the dangerous journey to Europe.
  • (3) Priest Mussie deserve the Nobel prize and beyond for his courage, love for humanity and love for refugees from all over the world.

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