“The road was closed due to mist — visibility was under 100 m.”
Usage Entry 1308 / 1350 60-second read
Mist vs. Fog
Water droplets that lightly limit visibility versus a dense mass that heavily limits visibility.
The comparisoni
“The road was closed due to fog — visibility under 1 km qualifies as fog. Mist is lighter.”
The ruleii
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MIST = light. FOG = heavy.
Both are water droplets suspended near the ground. MIST has higher visibility (over 1 km); FOG is denser (under 1 km). Meteorologists draw the line at 1 km, though everyday speech uses the terms more loosely.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Mist = see-through. Fog = blind.