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Humid vs Vaporous - What's the difference?

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Humid is a related term of vaporous.


As adjectives the difference between humid and vaporous

is that humid is containing sensible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor while vaporous is relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.

humid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing sensible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
    • 1667 - , Paradise Lost (1667)
  • :: Evening cloud, or humid bow.

    • Synonyms

    * damp, moist

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    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.