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Moorland vs Wetland - What's the difference?

moorland | wetland |

As nouns the difference between moorland and wetland

is that moorland is open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken while wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

moorland

English

Noun

(wikipedia moorland) (en noun)
  • Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken

    • Synonyms

    * moor

    wetland

    English

    (wikipedia wetland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands , lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}

    Usage notes

    The plural form is more commonly used.

    Hyponyms

    * bog * fen * marsh * mire * swamp