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What is the difference between marsh and quagmire?

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Quagmire is a synonym of marsh.



As nouns the difference between marsh and quagmire

is that marsh is an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

As a proper noun Marsh

is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone living by a {{term|marsh}}.

marsh

English

Noun

(es)
  • An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

    • Coordinate terms

    * bog * moor * swamp

    Derived terms

    * marsh deer

    See also

    * marshmallow * slack

    References

    * Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press) . Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. . Online version here

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    quagmire

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    References

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