Mist vs. Dust

Mistnoun

(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.

Mistnoun

(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

Mistnoun

(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

Mistverb

To form mist.

Mistverb

To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

Mistverb

To cover with a mist.

Mistverb

(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

Mistnoun

Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.

Mistnoun

Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

Mistnoun

Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

Mistverb

To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

Mistverb

To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Mistnoun

a thin fog with condensation near the ground

Mistverb

become covered with mist;

Mistverb

make less visible or unclear;

Mistverb

spray finely or cover with mist

Mistnoun

a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1 km)

Mistnoun

a condensed vapour settling in fine droplets on a surface

Mistnoun

a haze or film over the eyes, especially caused by tears, and resulting in blurred vision

Mistnoun

used in reference to something that blurs one's perceptions or memory

Mistverb

cover or become covered with mist

Mistverb

(of a person's eyes) become covered with a film of tears causing blurred vision

Mistverb

spray (something, especially a plant) with a fine cloud of water droplets

Mist

Mist is a phenomenon caused by small droplets of water suspended in air. Physically, it is an example of a dispersion.

Dustnoun

(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

Dustnoun

(countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.

Dustnoun

(obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.

Dustnoun

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

Dustnoun

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Dustnoun

(figurative) Something worthless.

Dustnoun

(figurative) A low or mean condition.

Dustnoun

cash; money (in reference to gold dust).

Dustnoun

(mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.

Dustverb

(transitive) To remove dust from.

Dustverb

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

Dustverb

(intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.

Dustverb

(transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.

Dustverb

To leave; to rush off.

Dustverb

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Dustnoun

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

Dustnoun

A single particle of earth or other matter.

Dustnoun

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

Dustnoun

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Dustnoun

Figuratively, a worthless thing.

Dustnoun

Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

Dustnoun

Gold dust

Dustverb

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

Dustverb

To sprinkle with dust.

Dustverb

To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Dustnoun

fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

Dustnoun

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Dustnoun

free microscopic particles of solid material;

Dustverb

remove the dust from;

Dustverb

rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

Dustverb

cover with a light dusting of a substance;

Dustverb

distribute loosely;

Dust

Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution.