What's the difference bt "humid" n "wet"

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[nq:1]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
Something that s wet hs water on or absorbed in it.

Something that s humid hs water vapour in it.
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[nq:1]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
Please check a dictionary, such as http://m-w.com , and then let us know what question you still have, if any.

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[nq:1]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
The difference between a cloud and an ocean.

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[nq:2]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
[nq:1]The difference between a cloud and an ocean.[/nq]
The difference between August and April in New York (Largest City in America). (Though there "humid" was traditionally /jumId/.)

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[nq:1]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
Ignore the other posters. Humid means "hot and wet".

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[nq:2]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ignore the other posters. Humid means "hot and wet".[/nq]
Ignore all posters. Use a dictionary. You won't find "hot" as part of the definition of "humid".

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[nq:2]Ignore the other posters. Humid means "hot and wet".[/nq]
[nq:1]Ignore all posters. Use a dictionary. You won't find "hot" as part of the definition of "humid".[/nq]
Roget's II includes "warm" in the definition, which is a bit of a surprise to me. M-W does not say anything about temperature, but gives "wet" as a synonym.
Humidity is a measure of the "wetness" (water vapor) in the air. Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air so in cold climates we often think of winter as "dry" because the air inside of temperature-controlled buildings tends to be dry. In fact, the air outside may be relatively damp at the outside temperature. In everyday usage, I call the environment "humid" when the air feels wet- sweat does not evaporate, snow does not sublimate, and wet clothing tends to stay wet- regardless of temperature.
One measure of humidity is the relative humidity ("RH")- the amount of water in the air relative to the amount it can hold at a given temperature. At 100% RH the air can hold no more water- drop the temperature a bit and water begins to condense out. This temperature (for a given sample of air) is called the "dew point". Very dry air may have a dew point well below zero degrees C.
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[nq:2]Ignore all posters. Use a dictionary. You won't find "hot" as part of the definition of "humid".[/nq]
[nq:1]Roget's II includes "warm" in the definition, which is a bit of a surprise to me. M-W does not say ... of air) is called the "dew point". Very dry air may have a dew point well below zero degrees C.[/nq]
Yes, but humidity as a meteorological concept and humid as a colloquial adjective when talking about the weather (not the same thing) needn't and indeed don't, at least in BrE carry an identical semantic load. Calling the climate of NW England "humid" is as Dead Wrong as calling that of the Amazon Basin "damp" "humid" is clammy and muggy; "damp" is wet and miserable.

Ross Howard

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[nq:2]Ignore all posters. Use a dictionary. You won't find "hot" as part of the definition of "humid".[/nq]
[nq:1]Roget's II includes "warm" in the definition, which is a bit of a surprise to me.[/nq]
The big surprise is that anyone thinks something called "Roget's" supplies definitions. For definitions look to a dictionary.
[nq:1]M-W does not say anything about temperature, but gives "wet" as a synonym.[/nq]
But the M-W equivalent to "Roget's II," Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus does have indications that temperature matters:
humid (adj) containing or characterised by an uncomfortable amount of atmospheric warmth and moisture. (syn) mucky, muggy, soggy, sticky, sultry; /compare/ stifling 1, stuffy 1 (rel) clammy, dank, sodden; close, oppressive, stuffy; sweltering (con) arid, dry; cool, crisp, fresh
The thesauruses ("Roget's II" and MW) are concerned with the fact that "humid" is used in situations where the heat matters. The interaction of humidity and temperature affects the oppressiveness to which the MWCD refers in its definition. The thesauruses point to other words that might be used in similary circumstances, but are not defining.

Martin Ambuhl

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[nq:2]Dear all: what's the difference bt "humid" n "wet" ?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ignore the other posters. Humid means "hot and wet".[/nq]
Do you enjoy having a humid bath?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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