Overcast vs Hazy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between overcast and hazy

is that overcast is covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened while hazy is thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.

is an outcast.

is to overthrow.

(en noun)

(obsolete) An outcast.

A cloud covering all of the sky.

(en adjective)

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened.

(meteorology) The sky is said to be overcast , when it is more than 90% covered by clouds.

(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

(obsolete) To overthrow.

To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

To make gloomy; to depress.

(obsolete) To be or become cloudy.

(obsolete) To transform.

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(er)

Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.

Not clear or transparent.

Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

* hazily * haziness

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