Fog vs Fon - What's the difference?

fog | fon |

As nouns the difference between fog and fon

is that fog is (label) a thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud or fog can be a new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed while fon is phone (telephone).

As a verb fog

is to become covered with or as if with fog or fog can be to pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

fog

English

(wikipedia fog)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps a or perhaps related to the Dutch vocht and German feucht (moisture)

Noun

(label) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog -laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.

(label) A mist or film clouding a surface.

A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

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, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.}}

(label) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

Usage notes

* To count sense thick cloud , bank of fog is usually used. * To count sense clouding a surface , foggy patch is usually used.

Synonyms

* (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision) mist, haze * (mist or film clouding a surface) steam * (state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion) daze, haze

Derived terms

* fog bank * fogbell * fogbound * foggy * foghorn * fog lamp * fog layer * fog light * fog of war * fog signal * in a fog * fog drip

Verb

(fogg)

To become covered with or as if with fog.

To become obscured in condensation or water.

The mirror fogged every time he showered.

(photography) To become dim or obscure.

To cover with or as if with fog.

* 1968 , Eighth Annual Report , Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, p 7:

Fogging' for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was ' fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats.

To obscure in condensation or water.

To make confusing or obscure.

(photography) To make dim or obscure.

To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

* Dryden

Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?

Synonyms

* (to become obscured in condensation or water) become cloudy, become steamy * (to make confusing or obscure) blur, cloud, obscure

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; compare Norwegian fogg .

Noun

(-)

A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.

(UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.

(Halliwell)

(Scotland) Moss.

Derived terms

* fogey * fogram * fogrum * fogy

Verb

(fogg)

To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

References

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fon

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).

Noun

(en noun)

(rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.

* 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :

Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,

All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.

Adjective

(-)

(rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .

Verb

(fonn)

(rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.

* 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:

Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),

* 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:

In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.

* 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:

Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party

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