Mist vs. Vapour

Mist vs. Vapour — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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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 fluid

Mistverb

become covered with mist;

The windshield misted over

Vapourverb

(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

Mistverb

make less visible or unclear;

The stars are obscured by the clouds

Vapourverb

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