Main Difference
The main difference between Haze and Fog is that the Haze is a atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky and Fog is a atmospheric phenomenon
Haze
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky. The World Meteorological Organization manual of codes includes a classification of horizontal obscuration into categories of fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, haze, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand, and snow. Sources for haze particles include farming (ploughing in dry weather), traffic, industry, and wildfires.
Seen from afar (e.g. an approaching airplane) and depending on the direction of view with respect to the Sun, haze may appear brownish or bluish, while mist tends to be bluish grey. Whereas haze often is thought of as a phenomenon of dry air, mist formation is a phenomenon of humid air. However, haze particles may act as condensation nuclei for the subsequent formation of mist droplets; such forms of haze are known as “wet haze.”
Haze also occurs when there is too much pollution in the air while there is also dust
In meteorological literature, the word haze is generally used to denote visibility-reducing aerosols of the wet type. Such aerosols commonly arise from complex chemical reactions that occur as sulfur dioxide gases emitted during combustion are converted into small droplets of sulfuric acid. The reactions are enhanced in the presence of sunlight, high relative humidity, and stagnant air flow. A small component of wet-haze aerosols appear to be derived from compounds released by trees, such as terpenes. For all these reasons, wet haze tends to be primarily a warm-season phenomenon. Large areas of haze covering many thousands of kilometers may be produced under favorable conditions each summer.
Fog
Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth’s surface. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud, usually resembling stratus, and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions. In turn, fog has affected many human activities, such as shipping, travel, and warfare.
Haze (noun)
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
Haze (noun)
A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
Haze (noun)
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
“The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.”
“The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.”
Haze (noun)
Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
Haze (noun)
The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
Haze (noun)
Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
Haze (verb)
To be hazy, or thick with haze.
Haze (verb)
To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
Haze (verb)
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
Haze (verb)
In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Fog (noun)
A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
Fog (noun)
A mist or film clouding a surface.
Fog (noun)
A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
“He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.”
Fog (noun)
A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
Fog (noun)
Distance fog.
Fog (noun)
A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
Fog (noun)
Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
Fog (noun)
Moss.
Fog (verb)
To become covered with or as if with fog.
Fog (verb)
To become obscured in condensation or water.
“The mirror fogged every time he showered.”
Fog (verb)
To become dim or obscure.
Fog (verb)
To cover with or as if with fog.
Fog (verb)
To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
Fog (verb)
To obscure in condensation or water.
Fog (verb)
To make confusing or obscure.
Fog (verb)
To make dim or obscure.
Fog (verb)
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
Fog (verb)
To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
Fog (verb)
To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
Haze (noun)
a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles
“the cold air has no pollution and very little haze”
“there was a thick haze on this October morning”
Haze (noun)
a very fine cloud of something such as vapour or smoke in the air
“the gathering haze of cigarette smoke”
Haze (noun)
a state of mental confusion
“an alcoholic haze”
Haze (verb)
obscure with a haze
“a clump of islands, very green, but hazed in cloud and mist”
Haze (verb)
force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks
“rookies were mercilessly hazed”
Haze (verb)
drive (cattle) while on horseback
“he hazed them on and they clambered up through the rocks”
Fog (noun)
a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km)
“the collision occurred in thick fog”
Fog (noun)
an opaque mass of particles in the air
“a whirling fog of dust”
Fog (noun)
cloudiness which obscures the image on a developed negative or print.
Fog (noun)
a state or cause of perplexity or confusion
“the coffee helped clear the fog in my brain”
Fog (noun)
the grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.
Fog (noun)
long grass left standing in a pasture and used as winter grazing.
Fog (verb)
(with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam
“the windscreen was starting to fog up”
“hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window”
Fog (verb)
make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy.
Fog (verb)
bewilder or puzzle
“she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain”
Fog (verb)
make (an idea or situation) difficult to understand
“the government has been fogging the issue”
Fog (verb)
spray with an insecticide.