Mixed vs Mist - What's the difference?
mixed | mist |
(mix)
Having two or more separate aspects.
Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
Including both male(s) and female(s).
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
* Dryden
To form mist.
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
To cover with a mist.
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
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)Adjective
(en adjective)- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- 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.
- ''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) impureAntonyms
* unmixed * homogenousDerived terms
* mixed blessing * mixed bud * mixed company * mixed doubles * mixed drink * mixed farming * mixed marriage * mixed message * mixed numberAnagrams
*mist
English
(wikipedia mist)Noun
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist .
- There was an oily mist on the lens .
- His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Derived terms
* misty * mists of time * red mistVerb
(en verb)- It's misting this morning.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- The lens was misted .
- (Shakespeare)
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
