Bist vs Mist - What's the difference?
bist | mist |
Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
*1875 , Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch :
*1904 , Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale :
:: Where are you going?
:: I am going home
:: How are you?
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
* Dryden
To form mist.
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
To cover with a mist.
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
As verbs the difference between bist and mist
is that bist is originally used to form the second person singular of {{term|be|lang=en}}, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is while mist is to form mist.As a noun mist is
water or other liquid finely suspended in air.bist
English
Verb
(head)- Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
- Lookee, thee bist' purty, my love; lookee, thee ' bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
- Where bist goin'.
- I bist goin' 'ome.
- How bist ?
Anagrams
* ----mist
English
(wikipedia mist)Noun
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist .
- There was an oily mist on the lens .
- His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Derived terms
* misty * mists of time * red mistVerb
(en verb)- It's misting this morning.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- The lens was misted .
- (Shakespeare)
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.