Mist vs. Vapour
Difference Between Mist and Vapour
Mistnoun
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
It was difficult to see through the morning mist.Vapournoun
Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
Mistnoun
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
There was an oily mist on the lens.Vapournoun
The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
Mistnoun
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
Vapournoun
(obsolete) Wind; flatulence.
Mistverb
To form mist.
It's misting this morning.Vapournoun
Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
Mistverb
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
I mist my tropical plants every morning.Vapournoun
Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
Mistverb
To cover with a mist.
The lens was misted.Vapournoun
(dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
Mistverb
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.Vapourverb
(intransitive) To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.
Mistnoun
a thin fog with condensation near the ground
Vapourverb
(transitive) To turn into vapour.
to vapour away a heated fluidMistverb
become covered with mist;
The windshield misted overVapourverb
(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
Mistverb
make less visible or unclear;
The stars are obscured by the cloudsVapourverb
To emit vapour or fumes.
Mistverb
spray finely or cover with mist
Vapournoun
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
Vapournoun
the process of becoming a vapor
