Foggy vs Smoky - What's the difference?
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Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
* He was still foggy with sleep.
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Filled with or giving off smoke.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
* 2014 , Janet Mock, Redefining Realness
Having a flavour like smoke.
(music, informal) Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
(obsolete) Suspicious; open to suspicion.
As adjectives the difference between foggy and smoky
is that foggy is obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy while smoky is filled with or giving off smoke.foggy
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Adjective
(fog) (er)Derived terms
* fogginesssmoky
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Alternative forms
* smokeyAdjective
(er)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
- The saleswomen, with their all-black ensembles and smoky eyelids, were as open and affirming as the sight of RuPaul's spread legs in the Viva Glam lipstick ads.
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