As verbs the difference between mixed and mist
is that
mixed is (
mix) while
mist is (to mock a work by inserting annotations).
As an adjective mixed
is having two or more separate aspects.
mixed English
Verb
(head)
(mix)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having two or more separate aspects.
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
Including both male(s) and female(s).
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
- ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
Synonyms
* heterogenous
* (not pure) impure
Antonyms
* unmixed
* homogenous
Derived terms
* mixed blessing
* mixed bud
* mixed company
* mixed doubles
* mixed drink
* mixed farming
* mixed marriage
* mixed message
* mixed number
Related terms
* mixer
* mixture
Anagrams
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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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