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Do you use "mould" or "mold"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always thought that mold is the fungus, and to mould is to shape. When talking about it with my colleagues yesterday, I was surprised that this isn't common. Most people use one of the two spellings to refer to both.

Doing a quick search on duckduckgo also confirms that:

mould is the British spelling referring both meanings.
mold is the american spelling referring to both meanings.

In my quest to prove them wrong, I was surprised at how wrong I was... until I discovered a few people on the internet who said the same thing:

I'm not looking for what's correct or incorrect anymore, I just find it very fascinating that there are some people who use the words similarly to me, but the vast majority of others who use it in a different way.

So: what's the difference between mould and mold according to you?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Moulding is the trim around walls and whatnot. Molding is when something is in the process of having mold growing on it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be mouldering?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe. I honestly don't know. Not really my field of expertise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Moldering: "to crumble into dust, to rot"

All the definitions of molding I can find, are about shaping something.