different between mysophile vs mesophile

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myso- +? -phile

mysophile (plural mysophiles)

(sexuality) One with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use.
- 1936: Magnus Hirschfeld, Sexual Anomalies and Perversions: Physical and Psychological Development and Treatment, p431
  Yes, I am a mysophile. In my imagination I loiter at places where there is filth, mud, and decaying things, places where it stinks. I also wear my underwear until it stinks and becomes very dirty.
- 1949: Wilhelm Stekel, Compulsion and Doubt: (Zwang und Zweifel), p355
  Ethel is a mysophile. She derives her gratification from the dirt in which she is living.

meso- +? -phile

mesophile (plural mesophiles)

An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures.

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