What is the difference between steam from boiling water and mist/water vapor from a mister?

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Like the misters at theme parks and such.

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*Steam* is water vapor. You cannot see steam. However, if steam cools down enough it will form liquid water droplets again. A mist.

So if you boil water, the steam will rise and mix with air, where it then cools down and forms a mist.

This mist is no different from any other mist, except it’s still pretty hot and surrounded by more (also hot) water vapor.

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