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Sultry vs Vaporous - What's the difference?

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Sultry is a related term of vaporous.


As adjectives the difference between sultry and vaporous

is that sultry is (weather) hot and humid while vaporous is relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.

sultry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (weather) hot and humid
  • very hot and dry; torrid
  • sexually enthralling

    • Synonyms

    * (hot and humid) muggy

    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.