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Bogged vs Boggled - What's the difference?

bogged | boggled |

As verbs the difference between bogged and boggled

is that bogged is past tense of bog while boggled is past tense of boggle.

bogged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bog)

    • 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

    * ----

    boggled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boggle)

    • Anagrams

    *

    boggle

    English

    Verb

    (boggl)
  • To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
    • He boggled at the surprising news.
    The mind boggles .
  • * Barrow
    • Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
  • * Glanvill
    • We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
  • To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
    • The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
    The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
  • (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
  • (obsolete) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
    • (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * mindboggling