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Misted vs Minted - What's the difference?

misted | minted |

As verbs the difference between misted and minted

is that misted is (mist) while minted is (mint).

As an adjective minted is

made into coinage; coined.

misted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mist)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    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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    minted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mint)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • made into coinage; coined
  • (chiefly, British, slang) wealthy