different between humid vs vaporous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, umidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *weg?- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hju?m?d/

Adjective

humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)

1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

   Synonyms: damp, moist; see also Thesaurus:wet

   • 1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

     Evening cloud, or humid bow.

Derived terms

• humidor

Related terms

• humidity

Translations

Further reading

• humid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humid at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• vapourous

Etymology

From Middle French vapoureus, from Late Latin vap?r?sus (“full of steam”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ve?p???s/

Adjective

vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)

1. 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.