Fume vs. Vapor

Fumenoun

A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.

Fumenoun

A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

Fumenoun

Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.

Fumenoun

Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

Fumenoun

The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

Fumeverb

To emit fumes.

Fumeverb

To expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.

Fumeverb

To feel or express great anger.

Fumeverb

To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

Fumeverb

To pass off in fumes or vapours.

Fumenoun

Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

Fumenoun

Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.

Fumenoun

Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

Fumenoun

The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

Fumenoun

Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).

Fumeverb

To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.

Fumeverb

To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

Fumeverb

To pass off in fumes or vapors.

Fumeverb

To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

Fumeverb

To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.

Fumeverb

To praise inordinately; to flatter.

Fumeverb

To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Fumenoun

a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

Fumeverb

be mad, angry, or furious

Fumeverb

emit a cloud of fine particles;

Fumeverb

treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

Fumeverb

be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

Fumenoun

an amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale

Fumenoun

a pungent odour of a particular thing

Fumenoun

a watery vapour, steam, or mist rising from the earth or sea

Fumeverb

feel, show, or express great anger

Fumeverb

emit gas or vapour

Fumeverb

expose (something, especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints

Vapornoun

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

Vapornoun

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Vaporverb

(intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.

Vaporverb

(transitive) To turn into vapor.

Vaporverb

(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

Vapornoun

Any substance in the gaseous, or aëriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

Vapornoun

In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

Vapornoun

Wind; flatulence.

Vapornoun

Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

Vapornoun

An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

Vapornoun

A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.

Vaporverb

To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.

Vaporverb

To emit vapor or fumes.

Vaporverb

To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.

Vaporverb

To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.

Vapornoun

a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

Vapornoun

the process of becoming a vapor

Vapor

In physics, a vapor (American English) or vapour (British English and Canadian English; see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature, which means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid by increasing the pressure on it without reducing the temperature. A vapor is different from an aerosol.