different between vaporous vs saporous

English

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

vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)

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.

From Latin saporus (“that relishes well, savory”), from sapor (“taste”).

saporous (comparative more saporous, superlative most saporous)

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