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What is the difference between 'humid' and 'muggy'?
Mar 20, 2016 3:10 PM
Answers · 4
Muggy is technically a slang term that is often used to refer to weather that is hot and humid. Muggy is humid but humid isn't necessarily muggy. If you think of the example of cool fog, i.e., fog containing a high amount of water or water vapor; it is noticeably moist, humid air, but not hot. In day-to-day English "muggy" is a common word for hot and humid.
March 20, 2016
I am not a native speaker, but I guess humid means warm and dam in a pleasant way, while muggy means in a unpleasant way .
March 20, 2016
It's basically the same thing. Muggy = Humid Though when its humid it can also be cold and wet, which equals to foggy.
March 20, 2016
To me, the meaning is same. The only difference may be that "humid" sounds lightly more formal.
March 20, 2016
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