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Boggy vs Soggy - What's the difference?

boggy | soggy |

As adjectives the difference between boggy and soggy

is that boggy is having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation while soggy is soaked with moisture or other liquid.

boggy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having the qualities of a bog ; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
    • 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, swampy

    soggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Soaked with moisture or other liquid

    • Derived terms

    * soggily * sogginess