smoke vs vapour

vapour vs smoke

smoke and vapour both are nouns.

smoke is a verb but vapour is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smoke	Yes	No	Yes	No
vapour	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vapour is a hypernym of smoke; that is, vapour is a word with a broader meaning than smoke:

smoke: a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
vapour: the process of becoming a vapor

Other hypernyms of smoke include evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization.

smoke (noun)	vapour (noun)
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances	the process of becoming a vapor
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity	a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
street names for marijuana
something with no concrete substance
an indication of some hidden activity
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

smoke (verb)	vapour (verb)
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
emit a cloud of fine particles

Difference between smoke and vapour

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