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Vaporous vs Dreary - What's the difference?

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Vaporous is a related term of dreary.


As adjectives the difference between vaporous and dreary

is that vaporous is relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial while dreary is (obsolete) grievous, dire; appalling.

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.

    dreary

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
  • Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
    • It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
    Once upon a midnight dreary , while I pondered, weak and weary...
  • * 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
    • It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.

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