Humidity vs. Fog

Humidity vs. Fog — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Humidity and Fog

Humiditynoun

Dampness, especially that of the air.

Fognoun

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

Humiditynoun

The amount of water vapour in the air.

Fognoun

(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.

Humiditynoun

wetness in the atmosphere

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.
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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.

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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