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quagmire

Quagmire vs Calamity - What's the difference?

quagmire | calamity |


As nouns the difference between quagmire and calamity

is that quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.

Quagmire vs Dilemma - What's the difference?

quagmire | dilemma |


As nouns the difference between quagmire and dilemma

is that quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground while dilemma is a circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

Backwater vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

backwater | quagmire |


As nouns the difference between backwater and quagmire

is that backwater is the water held back by a dam or other obstruction while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As a verb backwater

is to row or paddle a backwater stroke.

Mud vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

mud | quagmire | Related terms |


In figuratively terms the difference between mud and quagmire

is that mud is willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents while quagmire is a perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

As nouns the difference between mud and quagmire

is that mud is a mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As an acronym MUD

is an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.

As a verb mud

is to make muddy, dirty.

Marshland vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

marshland | quagmire | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between marshland and quagmire

is that marshland is marshy land; bog or fen while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

Slush vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

slush | quagmire | Related terms |

Slush is a related term of quagmire.


As nouns the difference between slush and quagmire

is that slush is half-melted snow or ice while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As a verb slush

is to smear with slushy liquid or grease.

Muck vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

muck | quagmire | Related terms |

Muck is a related term of quagmire.


As nouns the difference between muck and quagmire

is that muck is slimy mud while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As a verb muck

is to shovel muck.

Sludge vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

sludge | quagmire | Related terms |

Sludge is a related term of quagmire.


As an initialism sludge

is (emergency medicine) a mnemonic ("salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.

As a noun quagmire is

a swampy, soggy area of ground.

Quagmire vs Fen - What's the difference?

quagmire | fen | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between quagmire and fen

is that quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground while fen is a type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline.

Slough vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

slough | quagmire | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between slough and quagmire

is that slough is the skin shed by a snake or other reptile while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As a verb slough

is to shed (skin).

As a proper noun Slough

is a town in east Berkshire, and formerly in Buckinghamshire, close to Heathrow Airport.

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