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    What is the difference between fog and mist?

    Fog vs mist: the same thing, one just has more confidence.

    Both are cloud at ground level. The difference is how far you can see.

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    “Morning mist over the river, proper fog by the coast.”

    More about fog vs mist

    In forecasting, it is fog when you can see less than 1 kilometre (about 0.6 miles) and mist when you can see further. Mist is thinner and usually less damp.

    What I think of fog vs mist

    • Fog vs mist: the same thing, one just has more confidence.
    • Mist is fog that went to a wellness retreat.
    • Fog: when the world is on loading screen.

    Words people compare it with

    • Haar: A cold sea fog that rolls in off the North Sea onto the east coast of Scotland and north east England.
    • Mizzle: A mix of mist and drizzle: fine rain that hangs in the air.
    • Rime: White ice that coats surfaces when freezing fog or cloud droplets hit them.
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