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Gloomy vs Vaporous - What's the difference?

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Gloomy is a related term of vaporous.


As adjectives the difference between gloomy and vaporous

is that gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded while vaporous is relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.

gloomy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
    • The cavern was gloomy .
  • Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
    • a gloomy temper or countenance

    Synonyms

    * See also

    vaporous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * vapourous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.
  • * 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
    • O hateful, vaporous , and foggy night!
  • * 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
    • So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes.