Foggy vs Dewy - What's the difference?
foggy | dewy | Related terms |
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
* He was still foggy with sleep.
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Covered by dew.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
* 1831 , :
As adjectives the difference between foggy and dewy
is that foggy is obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy while dewy is covered by dew.foggy
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Adjective
(fog) (er)Derived terms
* fogginessdewy
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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