fog vs atmospheric state

fog and atmospheric state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fog	Yes	No	Yes	No
atmospheric state	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, atmospheric state is a hypernym of fog; that is, atmospheric state is a word with a broader meaning than fog:

fog: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
atmospheric state: the weather or climate at some place

Other hypernyms of fog include atmosphere.

fog (noun)	atmospheric state (noun)
confusion characterized by lack of clarity	the weather or climate at some place
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

fog (verb)	atmospheric state (verb)
make less visible or unclear