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Filmy vs Overcast - What's the difference?

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Filmy is a related term of overcast.


As adjectives the difference between filmy and overcast

is that filmy is resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy while overcast is covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened.

As a noun overcast is

(obsolete) an outcast.

As a verb overcast is

(obsolete) to overthrow.

filmy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
  • Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
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    overcast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An outcast.
  • A cloud covering all of the sky.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened.
  • (meteorology) The sky is said to be overcast , when it is more than 90% covered by clouds.
  • (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

    • Verb

  • (obsolete) To overthrow.
  • To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
  • To make gloomy; to depress.
  • (obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
  • (obsolete) To transform.

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