Boggy vs Baggy - What's the difference?
boggy | baggy |
Having the qualities of a bog ; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
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As adjectives the difference between boggy and baggy
is that boggy is having the qualities of a bog ; ie dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation while baggy is of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.As a noun baggy is
a small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.boggy
English
Adjective
(er)- The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
Synonyms
* (having the qualities of a bog) marshy, swampybaggy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
Presumably (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name .Alternative forms
* baggieNoun
(baggies)- In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy ."