Dank vs Dewy - What's the difference?
dank | dewy | Related terms |
dark, damp and humid.
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(figuratively) highly potent
Covered by dew.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
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As adjectives the difference between dank and dewy
is that dank is dark, damp and humid while dewy is covered by dew.As a verb dank
is to moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.As a noun dank
is moisture; humidity; water.dank
English
Adjective
(er)- The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
- Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.
- Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
- That was very dank marijuana.
Derived terms
* dankly * danknessAnagrams
* ----dewy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The dewy grass was too slick for football.
- In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
- At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewy , dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim