Dampness vs Dew - What's the difference?
dampness | dew | Related terms |
Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Degree to which something is damp or moist
(uncountable) moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
(countable, but see usage notes) an instance of a such moisture settling on plants, etc.
(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
(figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
* Shakespeare
An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
* Longfellow
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
* A. B. Saxton
As nouns the difference between dampness and dew
is that dampness is moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness while dew is moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.As a verb dew is
to wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.As an acronym DEW is
distant Early Warning.dampness
English
Noun
(-)- The dampness in the writing paper caused the ink to spread and smudge.
dew
English
(wikipedia dew)Noun
- There was a heavy dew this morning.
- The golden dew of sleep.
- The dew of his youth.
Usage notes
* Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.Synonyms
* (moisture settling on plants) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.