Water vapor is water as a: solid, liquid, or gas?

Answer 1

Terminology

Gas state is generally a term used to describe the elements in gas phase while Vapour is a term used to describe compounds in their gas phase.

For (e.g) Nitrogen Gas, #NO_2# vapour, #PH_3# vapour, #NH_3# vapour.

Special cases like synthetic gas etc exist. But these are mixtures of compounds in their corresponding gaseous state.

Hence Water vapour is Water in gaseous state.

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Answer 2

Peyton Adams

Water vapor is water in the gas phase.

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