Fog vs. Smog
Difference Between Fog and Smog
Fognoun
(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
Smognoun
A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
Fognoun
(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
Smogverb
(informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.Fognoun
A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.Smognoun
air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Fognoun
(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
Fognoun
(computer graphics) Distance fog.
Fognoun
A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
Fognoun
Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
Fognoun
(Scotland) Moss.
Fogverb
(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
Fogverb
(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
The mirror fogged every time he showered.Fogverb
To become dim or obscure.
Fogverb
(transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
Fogverb
(transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
Fogverb
(transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
Fogverb
(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
Fogverb
To make dim or obscure.
Fogverb
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
Fogverb
(transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
Fogverb
(intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
Fognoun
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
Fognoun
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Fognoun
confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Fogverb
make less visible or unclear;
The stars are obscured by the clouds
