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Smoke vs. Steam: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 26, 2023
Smoke is a byproduct of combustion containing particles and gases, while steam is water vapor formed from heating water to its boiling point.
Smoke vs. Steam

Key Differences

Smoke and Steam, while both visible emissions, differ fundamentally in composition. Smoke is a complex mixture of gases and fine particles produced when a material combusts. Steam, on the other hand, is the gaseous form of water, produced when water is heated to its boiling point and undergoes a phase change.
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The formation of smoke involves chemical reactions, typically occurring during the burning of organic materials like wood or fossil fuels. This process releases various substances into the air, including carbon particles. In contrast, steam is simply water vapor, containing no such particulates, and is formed purely through the physical process of water vaporization.
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Smoke often carries with it the distinct smell of the burned material and can be harmful to breathe, containing toxins and carcinogens. Steam, being water vapor, is generally odorless and, in most cases, not harmful to inhale, unless extremely hot.
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Visually, smoke is usually darker, ranging from gray to black, indicating the presence of particles. Steam, being pure water vapor, is generally white or transparent and becomes visible only when cooling and condensing into tiny water droplets.
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In terms of environmental impact, smoke can contribute to air pollution and smog, adversely affecting air quality and health. Steam, unless carrying additional chemicals from industrial processes, is mostly environmentally benign.
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Comparison Chart

Composition

Contains gases, particles from combustion
Pure water vapor
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Formation

Chemical process from burning materials
Physical process from heating water
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Health Impact

Often harmful, contains toxins
Generally safe, unless superheated
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Visual Appearance

Gray to black, indicates particles
White or transparent, condenses to droplets
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Environmental Impact

Contributes to pollution, smog
Mostly benign, unless contaminated
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Smoke and Steam Definitions

Smoke

Smoke is the byproduct of burning materials.
The campfire produced a thick smoke that filled the air.
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Steam

Steam is the gaseous form of water.
Steam rose from the boiling pot of water.
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Smoke

A mixture of gases and small suspended particles of soot or other solids, resulting from the burning of materials such as wood or coal.
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Steam

Produced by heating water to its boiling point.
The kettle whistled as steam escaped from its spout.
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Smoke

A cloud of such gases and suspended particles.
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Steam

Often used as an energy carrier in engines and turbines.
The old steam engine chugged along the tracks.
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Smoke

A vapor, mist, or fume that resembles this.
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Steam

Hot water vapor produced especially by boiling liquid water.
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Smoke

Something insubstantial, unreal, or transitory
"What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion" (Henry David Thoreau).
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Steam

Hot, pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.
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Smoke

The act of smoking a form of tobacco
Went out for a smoke.
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Steam

Power generated by the expansion of boiling water as it turns to vapor
An engine at full steam.
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Smoke

The duration of this act.
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Steam

Steam heating.
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Smoke

(Informal) Tobacco in a form that can be smoked, especially a cigarette
Money to buy smokes.
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Steam

Condensed water vapor in the form of a mist or cloud
The steam from the teakettle.
The steam of the oxen's breath in the cold air.
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Smoke

A substance used in warfare to produce a smokescreen.
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Steam

Power; energy
The fundraising effort ran out of steam.
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Smoke

Something used to conceal or obscure.
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Steam

To produce or emit steam
The kettle is steaming. Let's make tea.
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Smoke

A pale to grayish blue to bluish or dark gray.
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Steam

To become or rise up as steam
The rain steamed off the hot pavement.
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Smoke

(Baseball) Pitches thrown at high velocity; fast balls
Threw a lot of smoke in the early innings.
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Steam

To become misted or covered with steam
The bathroom mirror steamed over.
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Smoke

To draw in and exhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
It's forbidden to smoke here.
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Steam

To move by means of steam power.
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Smoke

To engage in smoking regularly or habitually
He smoked for years before stopping.
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Steam

(Informal) To become very angry; fume.
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Smoke

To emit smoke or a smokelike substance
Chimneys smoking in the cold air.
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Steam

To expose to steam, as in cooking.
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Smoke

To emit smoke excessively
The station wagon smoked even after the tune-up.
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Steam

To cover or mist with steam
The windows are steamed up.
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Smoke

To go or proceed at high speed.
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Steam

(Informal) To make angry
His laziness really steams me.
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Smoke

To play or perform energetically
The band was really smoking in the second set.
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Steam

The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase.
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Smoke

To draw in and exhale the smoke of (tobacco, for example)
I've never smoked a panatela.
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Steam

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air
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Smoke

To do so regularly or habitually
I used to smoke filtered cigarettes.
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Steam

, fog
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Smoke

To preserve (meat or fish) by exposure to the aromatic smoke of burning hardwood, usually after pickling in salt or brine.
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Steam

Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation
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Smoke

To fumigate (a house, for example).
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Steam

Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
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Smoke

To expose (animals, especially insects) to smoke in order to immobilize or drive away.
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Steam

The act of cooking by steaming.
Give the carrots a ten-minute steam.
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Smoke

To expose (glass) to smoke in order to darken or change its color.
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Steam

(figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.
After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
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Smoke

To kill; murder.
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Steam

(figuratively) Pent-up anger.
Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
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Smoke

To defeat decisively, as in a competition.
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Steam

A steam-powered vehicle.
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Smoke

(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) at high velocity.
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Steam

Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
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Smoke

(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
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Steam

(obsolete) Any exhalation.
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Smoke

A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you?;
I need to go buy some smokes.
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Steam

(fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
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Smoke

Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
Hey, you got some smoke?
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Steam

To cook with steam.
The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.
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Smoke

An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
I'm going out for a smoke.
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Steam

(transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
To steam wood or cloth
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Smoke

A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
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Steam

(intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
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Smoke

Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
The smoke of controversy.
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Steam

(intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
Our breath steamed in the cold winter air.
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Smoke

(uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
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Steam

To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
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Smoke

Bother; problems; hassle.
You better not be giving me no smoke.
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Steam

To make angry.
It really steams me to see her treat him like that.
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Smoke

A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.
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Steam

(intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor.
With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.
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Smoke

A fastball.
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Steam

(intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
We steamed around the Mediterranean.
The ship steamed out of the harbour.
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Smoke

(countable) A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.
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Steam

To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.
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Smoke

(transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
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Steam

(obsolete) To exhale.
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Smoke

(intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
Do you smoke?
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Steam

Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
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Smoke

(intransitive) To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
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Steam

The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor.
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Smoke

(intransitive) Of a fire in a fireplace: to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
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Steam

The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; - so called in popular usage.
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Smoke

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
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Steam

Any exhalation.
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Smoke

(transitive) To dry or medicate by smoke.
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Steam

To emit steam or vapor.
My brother's ghost hangs hovering there,O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air.
Let the crude humors danceIn heated brass, steaming with fire intense.
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Smoke

To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
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Steam

To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air.
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Smoke

To make unclear or blurry.
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Steam

To move or travel by the agency of steam.
The vessel steamed out of port.
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Smoke

To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
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Steam

To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
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Smoke

To beat someone at something.
We smoked them at rugby.
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Steam

To exhale.
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Smoke

To kill, especially with a gun.
He got smoked by the mob.
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Steam

To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
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Smoke

To thrash; to beat.
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Steam

Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
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Smoke

To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
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Steam

Travel by means of steam power;
The ship steamed off into the Pacific
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Smoke

To ridicule to the face; to mock.
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Steam

Emit steam;
The rain forest was literally steaming
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Smoke

To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
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Steam

Rise as vapor
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Smoke

To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
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Steam

Get very angry;
Her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
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Smoke

To suffer severely; to be punished.
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Steam

Clean by means of steaming;
Steam-clean the upholstered sofa
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Smoke

To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
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Steam

Cook something by letting steam pass over it;
Just steam the vegetables
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Smoke

(transitive) To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
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Steam

Used as a medium for cooking food.
Vegetables were being cooked in the steam basket.
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Smoke

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
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Steam

Indicates the presence of heat.
Steam fogged up the bathroom mirror after the hot shower.
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Smoke

That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
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Smoke

Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk.
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Smoke

The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke.
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Smoke

To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.
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Smoke

Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man.
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Smoke

To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field.
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Smoke

To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
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Smoke

To suffer severely; to be punished.
Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome.
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Smoke

To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
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Smoke

To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
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Smoke

To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
I aloneSmoked his true person, talked with him.
He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu.
Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers.
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Smoke

To ridicule to the face; to quiz.
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Smoke

To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
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Smoke

To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; - often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.
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Smoke

A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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Smoke

A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion;
The fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
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Smoke

An indication of some hidden activity;
With all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
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Smoke

Something with no concrete substance;
His dreams all turned to smoke
It was just smoke and mirrors
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Smoke

Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
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Smoke

Street names for marijuana
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Smoke

The act of smoking tobacco or other substances;
He went outside for a smoke
Smoking stinks
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Smoke

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;
He swung late on the fastball
He showed batters nothing but smoke
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Smoke

Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes;
We never smoked marijuana
Do you smoke?
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Smoke

Emit a cloud of fine particles;
The chimney was fuming
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Smoke

Consists of particles and gases visible to the eye.
Smoke billowed from the chimney of the old house.
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Smoke

Often indicates the presence of fire.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
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Smoke

A contributor to air pollution.
The factory's smoke contributed to the city's poor air quality.
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Smoke

Can be a health hazard when inhaled.
Inhaling smoke from wildfires can be dangerous.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

What is Steam?

Steam is water in its gaseous form, produced by boiling water.
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What Causes Smoke?

Smoke is caused by the combustion of organic materials.
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Is Steam Visible?

Steam is visible when it cools and condenses into tiny droplets.
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What is Smoke?

Smoke is a mixture of particles and gases from burning materials.
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Can Smoke be Harmful?

Yes, smoke can be harmful to breathe due to toxins and particles.
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How Does Smoke Affect the Environment?

Smoke contributes to air pollution and smog.
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Is Steam Always Safe?

Steam can be dangerous if superheated or carrying contaminants.
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Can Steam Carry Odors?

Steam itself is odorless, but can carry odors from its source.
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What are the Uses of Steam?

Steam is used for energy, in cooking, and as a heating medium.
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What are the Health Risks of Smoke?

Smoke inhalation can cause respiratory issues and other health problems.
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Is Steam Used in Power Generation?

Yes, steam is used in turbines for electricity generation.
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Is Smoke Always Visible?

Yes, smoke is typically visible, but can vary in density.
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What Determines the Color of Smoke?

The color depends on the burned material and the completeness of combustion.
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What Colors Can Smoke Be?

Smoke can range from gray to black, depending on particles.
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Can Smoke Indicate Fire?

Yes, smoke often indicates the presence of fire.
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Is Steam Used in Cooking?

Yes, steam is a popular method for cooking, preserving nutrients.
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How Does Steam Form?

Steam forms when water is heated to its boiling point.
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What is the Difference in Appearance Between Smoke and Steam?

Smoke is darker due to particles, while steam is white or transparent.
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Can Smoke be Used for Signaling?

Yes, smoke has been used historically for signaling, like in smoke signals.
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Can Steam Clean Surfaces?

Yes, steam cleaning is effective for sanitizing and cleaning.
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