Cloud vs. Sky

Cloudnoun

(obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.

Cloudnoun

A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Cloudnoun

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

Cloudnoun

Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.

Cloudnoun

(figurative) Anything unsubstantial.

Cloudnoun

A dark spot on a lighter material or background.

Cloudnoun

A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.

Cloudnoun

An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.

Cloudnoun

The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.

Cloudnoun

(figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.

Cloudnoun

(slang) Crystal methamphetamine.

Cloudnoun

A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.

Cloudverb

(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

Cloudverb

(transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.

Cloudverb

(transitive) To make obscure.

Cloudverb

(transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.

Cloudverb

(transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.

Cloudverb

(transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).

Cloudverb

(transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.

Cloudverb

(intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.

Cloudnoun

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

Cloudnoun

A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.

Cloudnoun

A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

Cloudnoun

That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.

Cloudnoun

A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.

Cloudnoun

A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.

Cloudverb

To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

Cloudverb

To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

Cloudverb

To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; - esp. used of reputation or character.

Cloudverb

To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

Cloudverb

To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; - often used with up.

Cloudnoun

any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

Cloudnoun

a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

Cloudnoun

out of touch with reality;

Cloudnoun

a cause of worry or gloom or trouble;

Cloudnoun

suspicion affecting your reputation;

Cloudnoun

a group of many insects;

Cloudverb

make overcast or cloudy;

Cloudverb

make less visible or unclear;

Cloudverb

billow up in the form of a cloud;

Cloudverb

make gloomy or depressed;

Cloudverb

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

Cloudverb

colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Cloudverb

make milky or dull;

Cloudnoun

a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground

Cloudnoun

an indistinct or billowing mass, especially of smoke or dust

Cloudnoun

a large number of insects or birds moving together

Cloudnoun

an opaque patch within a transparent substance.

Cloudnoun

used to refer to a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry

Cloudnoun

a frowning or depressed look

Cloudnoun

a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet and used to store, manage, and process data in place of local servers or personal computers

Cloudverb

(of the sky) become overcast or gloomy

Cloudverb

darken (the sky) with cloud

Cloudverb

make or become less clear or transparent

Cloudverb

make (a matter or mental process) unclear or uncertain

Cloudverb

spoil (something)

Cloudverb

(of someone's face or eyes) show an emotion such as worry, sorrow, or anger

Cloudverb

(of an emotion such as worry, sorrow, or anger) show in (someone's face)

Cloud

In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals.

Skynoun

The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.

Skynoun

The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.

Skynoun

Heaven.

Skynoun

ellipsis of sky blue

Skynoun

In an art gallery, the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen.

Skynoun

(obsolete) A cloud.

Skyverb

(sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.

Skyverb

To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.

Skyverb

(colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.

Skynoun

A cloud.

Skynoun

Hence, a shadow.

Skynoun

The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; - sometimes in the plural.

Skynoun

The wheather; the climate.

Skyverb

To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.

Skyverb

To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.

Skynoun

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

Skyverb

throw or toss with a light motion;

Sky

The sky is everything that lies above the surface of the Earth, including the atmosphere and outer space. In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the celestial sphere.