As nouns the difference between morass and bog
is that morass is a tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen while bog is an expanse of marshland.
As a verb bog is
(informal) to become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck or bog can be to go away.
morass
English
Noun
(es)
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
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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