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Buggy vs Boggy - What's the difference?

buggy | boggy |

As adjectives the difference between buggy and boggy

is that buggy is infested with insects while boggy is having the qualities of a bog ; ie dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

As a noun buggy

is a small horse-drawn cart.

buggy

English

Noun

(buggies)
  • A small horse-drawn cart.
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  • A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
  • (UK) A pushchair; a stroller.
  • (Canada, southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.

    • Synonyms

    * (pushchair) stroller

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Infested with insects
  • (computing) Containing programming errors
    • This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
  • Resembling an insect

    • Derived terms

    * baby buggy * bugginess * buggy eyes

    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