Boggy vs Slumpy - What's the difference?
boggy | slumpy |
Having the qualities of a bog ; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
Characteristic of an economic slump.
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(UK, US, dialect) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy.
As adjectives the difference between boggy and slumpy
is that boggy is having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation while slumpy is characteristic of an economic slump.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, swampyslumpy
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation
- (Bartlett)