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Imbroglio vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

imbroglio | quagmire |

As nouns the difference between imbroglio and quagmire

is that imbroglio is (l) (complicated situation) while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

imbroglio

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a complicated situation; an entanglement
  • Synonyms

    * snarl

    quagmire

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A swampy, soggy area of ground.
  • ''That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
  • (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
  • The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
    ''Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union

    Synonyms

    * bog, marsh (land), mire, quag

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