damp vs moist

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moist season = damp season?Q

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Humid season.

wet, damp, moist, dank, humid These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid. Wet describes not only what is covered or soaked (a wet sponge) but also what is not yet dry (wet paint). Damp and moist both mean slightly wet, but damp often implies an unpleasant clamminess: a cold, damp cellar; a moist breeze. Dank emphasizes disagreeable, often unhealthful wetness: a dank cave. Humid refers to an unpleasantly high degree of moisture in the atmosphere: hot, humid weather.

J Lewis · Answer

I would say "damp weather" when it's cold and "humid weather" when it's hot.

Marius Hancu · Answer

More on MM's line:
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synonyms DAMP, DANK, MOIST, HUMID:

WET is a general term describing either something with an outer layer covered with water or other liquid or something soaked throughout more or less thoroughly <a wet sidewalk> <drying her wet hands> <wet clothes> <a wet sponge>

DAMP may suggest slight or moderate wetness, sometimes unpleasant, permeating, or dispiriting, sometimes useful <the chill and the vapor taken together told a poor tale of the island. It was plainly a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot -- R.L.Stevenson> <the rain poured down with quiet persistency. Everything in the boat was damp and clammy -- J.K.Jerome> <sheets should be damp when ironed>

DANK is almost never without the notion of sickly, disagreeable, or penetrating dampness <dank with the marshy moisture of many low grounds -- Charles Dickens> <passed his hand across his forehead. It was dank with clammy sweat -- Oscar Wilde> <from the jungle a dank sulphurous breeze exuded -- Norman Mailer>

MOIST suggests a moderate or slight wetness, enough to keep a thing from being described as dry <the moist forehead of a sick man> <the depths of the valley, where the air was moist and cool -- C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall>

HUMID usually applies to moisture in the air <the humid prairie heat, so nourishing to wheat and corn, so exhausting to human beings -- Willa Cather>

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Anonymous · Answer

I will help you. A rag can be damp. but it can't be humid.

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