Mist
Mist noun - A light or fine rain.
Usage example: a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home
Storm
Storm verb - To fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds.
Usage example: it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Red is storm, orange is sky, yellow is sun, green is lightning, blue is rain, indigo is mist, and violet is cloud.
Source: Rainbow Motif -
When Pale Mist are around her, pressing Special (or Down, Down+Special) will unleash a storm of magical swords against her foes.
Source: Video Game / Crescent Pale Mist - In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians, this is under the control of the Mist, which makes normal people see attacking Furies as irritated old ladies or Typhon as a freak storm.
Source: Extra-Strength Masquerade
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