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Bog vs Bok - What's the difference?

bog | bok |

As nouns the difference between bog and bok

is that bog is while bok is .

bog

English

(wikipedia bog)

Etymology 1

(etyl) and (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An expanse of marshland.
  • (Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
  • (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
    • Synonyms
    * (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp * shithouse (taboo slang''), dunny (''Australia )
    Derived terms
    * bog bilberry * bog brush * bog iron * bog orchid * bog paper * bog roll * bog standard

    Verb

  • (informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
    • Derived terms
    * bog down * bog up

    Etymology 2

    by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)

    Verb

  • To go away.
    • Derived terms
    * bog off

    Anagrams

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    bok

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bok

    Adjective

  • (South Africa, slang) keen or willing.
    • "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok ."

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The clucking sound of a chicken.
  • * 2000 , William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voices
    • And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.
  • * 2004 , Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory
    • So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok , bok!'

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