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Bog vs Patty - What's the difference?

bog | patty |

As nouns the difference between bog and patty

is that bog is while patty is a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.

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

    * ----

    patty

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
  • * 1904 , Patty at Home , BiblioBazaar,LLC, 2007, ISBN 1434621162, page 36:
    • "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name."
    "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield.
    English diminutives of female given names