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Gas vs Mist - What's the difference?

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In uncountable terms the difference between gas and mist

is that gas is a flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles while mist is water or other liquid finely suspended in air.

In countable terms the difference between gas and mist

is that gas is a hob on a gas cooker while mist is a layer of fine droplets or particles.

As nouns the difference between gas and mist

is that gas is matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly while mist is water or other liquid finely suspended in air.

As verbs the difference between gas and mist

is that gas is to kill with poisonous gas while mist is to form mist.

As an adjective gas

is comical, zany.

As a proper noun Gas

is a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.

gas

English

(wikipedia gas)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) gas, a word coined by chemist . From (etyl) .

Noun

  • (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
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  • (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
  • (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
  • (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
  • (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
  • (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  • (baseball) A fastball.
    • Synonyms
    * (state of matter) vapor / vapour * (digestive process) wind, fart (when gas is released) (qualifier)
    Derived terms
    * cooking with gas * gas giant * gaslight * gasometer * LP gas * natural gas * shale gas
    See also
    * fluid * liquid * solid

    Verb

  • To kill with poisonous .
  • To talk, chat.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”}}
  • To emit gas.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortening of (gasoline).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
  • (US) gas pedal
    • Synonyms
    * (gasoline) gasoline (US), petrol (British) * See also .
    Related terms
    * gas-guzzler * gasohol * gas up * gasoline * hit the gas

    Verb

  • (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
    • The cops are coming. Gas it!
  • (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
    • Synonyms
    * (accelerate) step on the gas, hit the gas * (filll fuel tank) refuel

    Etymology 3

    Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
    • Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
    Usage notes
    * This is common in speech, but rarely used in writing.

    Anagrams

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    mist

    English

    (wikipedia mist)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
    • It was difficult to see through the morning mist .
  • (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
    • There was an oily mist on the lens .
  • (figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
  • * Dryden
    • His passion cast a mist before his sense.

    Derived terms

    * misty * mists of time * red mist

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form mist.
    • It's misting this morning.
  • To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
    • I mist my tropical plants every morning.
  • To cover with a mist.
    • The lens was misted .
    (Shakespeare)
  • (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
    • My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.

    Derived terms

    * mist over

    Anagrams

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