Smoke vs. Mist
Difference Between Smoke and Mist
Smokenoun
(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
Mistnoun
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
It was difficult to see through the morning mist.Smokenoun
A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you?;I need to go buy some smokes.Mistnoun
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
There was an oily mist on the lens.Smokenoun
Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
Hey, you got some smoke?Mistnoun
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
Smokenoun
An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
I'm going out for a smoke.Mistverb
To form mist.
It's misting this morning.Smokenoun
A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.Mistverb
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
I mist my tropical plants every morning.Smokenoun
Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
The smoke of controversy.Mistverb
To cover with a mist.
The lens was misted.Smokenoun
(uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
Mistverb
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.Smokenoun
A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.
Mistnoun
a thin fog with condensation near the ground
Smokenoun
A fastball.
Mistverb
become covered with mist;
The windshield misted overSmokeverb
(transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
He's smoking his pipe.Mistverb
make less visible or unclear;
The stars are obscured by the cloudsSmokeverb
(intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
Do you smoke?Mistverb
spray finely or cover with mist
Smokeverb
(intransitive) To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.Smokeverb
To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.Smokeverb
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
Smokeverb
(slang) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form.
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.Smokeverb
To beat someone at something.
We smoked them at rugby.Smokeverb
To kill, especially with a gun.
He got smoked by the mob.Smokeverb
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
Smokeverb
To ridicule to the face; to mock.
Smokeverb
To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
Smokeverb
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
Smokeverb
To suffer severely; to be punished.
Smokeverb
To punish for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
Smokeadjective
Of the colour known as smoke.
Smokeadjective
Made of or with smoke.
Smokenoun
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Smokenoun
a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion;
the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for milesSmokenoun
an indication of some hidden activity;
with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhereSmokenoun
something with no concrete substance;
his dreams all turned to smokeit was just smoke and mirrorsSmokenoun
tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
Smokenoun
street names for marijuana
Smokenoun
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances;
he went outside for a smokesmoking stinksSmokenoun
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;
he swung late on the fastballhe showed batters nothing but smokeSmokeverb
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes;
We never smoked marijuanaDo you smoke?Smokeverb
emit a cloud of fine particles;
The chimney was fuming
