Overcast vs. Foggy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Overcast and Foggy
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Overcast
Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring at least 95% of the sky. However, the total cloud cover must not be entirely due to obscuring phenomena near the surface, such as fog.Overcast, written as "OVC" in the METAR observation, is reported when the cloud cover is observed to equal eight oktas (eighths).
Foggy
Full of or surrounded by fog.
Overcast
Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.
Foggy
Resembling or suggestive of fog.
Overcast
Clouded over.
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Foggy
Clouded or blurred by or as if by fog; vague
Had only a foggy memory of what happened.
Hasn't the foggiest idea how to get home.
Overcast
Gloomy; melancholy.
Foggy
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
Overcast
Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.
Foggy
(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
He was still foggy with sleep.
Overcast
A covering, as of mist or clouds.
Foggy
Being, covered with, or pertaining to tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss
Overcast
An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.
Foggy
Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.
Overcast
A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.
Foggy
Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit.
Overcast
An overcast stitch or seam.
Foggy
Filled or abounding with fog or mist;
A brumous October morning
Overcast
To make cloudy or gloomy.
Foggy
Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Overcast
To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
Foggy
Indistinct or hazy in outline;
A landscape of blurred outlines
The trees were just blurry shapes
Overcast
To sew with long, overlying stitches.
Foggy
Obscured by fog;
He could barely see through the fogged window
Overcast
To become cloudy or gloomy.
Overcast
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
Overcast
(obsolete) An outcast.
Overcast
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
Overcast
(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Overcast
To overthrow.
Overcast
(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
Overcast
(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
Overcast
To be or become cloudy.
Overcast
To transform.
Overcast
To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Overcast
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
Overcast
To compute or rate too high.
Overcast
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
Overcast
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Overcast
Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; - of the sky.
Overcast
Sewn by overcasting.
Overcast
The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
Overcast
Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
Overcast
A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
Overcast
A cast that falls beyond the intended spot
Overcast
Make overcast or cloudy;
Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
Overcast
Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
Overcast
Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;
Overcast books
Overcast
Filled or abounding with clouds
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