Missed vs. Mist — What's the Difference?

To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with

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

To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example).

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)

To fail to perceive, experience, or understand

Cover or become covered with mist

To fail to accomplish or achieve

A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmosphere near or in contact with the earth.

To fail to attend or perform

Water vapor condensed on and clouding the appearance of a surface.

To fail to answer correctly

Fine drops of a liquid, such as water, perfume, or medication, sprayed into the air.

To fail to benefit from; let slip

A suspension of fine drops of a liquid in a gas.

To escape or avoid

Something that dims or conceals.

To discover the absence or loss of

A haze before the eyes that blurs the vision.

To be without; lack

Something that produces or gives the impression of dimness or obscurity

To feel the lack or loss of

A drink consisting of a liquor served over cracked ice.

To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something

To be or become obscured or blurred by or as if by mist.

To be unsuccessful; fail

To rain in a fine shower.

To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.

To conceal or veil with or as if with mist.

A failure to hit or make contact with something.

To moisturize (plants or dry air, for example) with a fine spray of water.

A failure to be successful

Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. fog, haze.}}

The misfiring of an engine.

(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

Simple past tense and past participle of miss

(figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.

Not caught with the senses or the mind;

To form mist.

To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

To cover with a mist.

(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

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

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

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

To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

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

A thin fog with condensation near the ground

Become covered with mist;

Make less visible or unclear;

Spray finely or cover with mist