Bog vs Wetlands - What's the difference?
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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.
(informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
(transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
To go away.
An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh.
As nouns the difference between bog and wetlands
is that bog is an expanse of marshland while wetlands is plural of lang=en An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh.As a verb bog
is to become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.bog
English
(wikipedia bog)Etymology 1
(etyl) and (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)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 standardVerb
Derived terms
* bog down * bog upEtymology 2
by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)Verb
Derived terms
* bog offAnagrams
* ----wetlands
English
Noun
(head) (p)- Their hike in the wetlands took them all the way across the marsh but gave them dozens of mosquito bites.