Difference between Cloudy and Cloud Covered

CLOUDY vs CLOUD COVERED: ADJECTIVE

Overcast with clouds; obscured by clouds: as, a cloudy day; a cloudy sky.
Wanting in luster, brightness, transparency, or clearness; dimmed: as, a cloudy diamond.
Marked with spots or areas of dark or various hues, or by clouding or a blending of light and shade or of colors.
Having the appearance of gloom; indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill nature; not open or cheerful.
Obscure; dark; not easily understood.
Consisting of a cloud or clouds; of the nature of a cloud.

Nebulous, Indistinct, Dull, Opaque, Smoggy, Muddy, Gray, Sunless, Turbid, Clouded, Murky, Misty, Foggy, Overcast, Hazy

Nebulous, Indistinct, Dull, Opaque, Smoggy, Muddy, Gray, Sunless, Turbid, Clouded, Murky, Misty, Foggy, Overcast, Hazy

Cloudy early followed by partly cloudy skies and gusty winds this afternoon.
Snowbird School Closings Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy late.
Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy in the late morning continuing through overnight.
Cloudy liquid: a cloudy day ahead, perhaps with some light rain.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies will prevail over the whole country.
TONIGHT Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Partly cloudy until early morning then becoming cloudy.
Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy.
Partly cloudy early, then mostly cloudy and windy overnight.
Cloudy becoming mostly cloudy at times and then partly cloudy overnight.

Still, solemn, the foothills rose steeply towards the cloud covered mountains, delicate voice, but he could no longer see them on the path ahead.
Then Moses went up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Do not underestimate that the sun does not rise, it may just not the time for cloud covered.
Like much of Central America, Costa Rica is generally cloud covered so very little satellite imagery is available.
A 30 percent chance of rain was forecast for Durban and heavy cloud covered the ground.
They also are responsible for some cloud-covered rainforest areas in the Sierra Madre.
Suddenly a cloud covered the two of them and they became invisible to me.
When it was set up, a dark cloud covered it by day, and a fiery cloud by night.
For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said: This is My beloved Son.