Muddy vs Marshy - What's the difference?
muddy | marshy |
Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.
With mud or other sediment brought into suspension, turbid.
Not clear; mixed up or blurry.
Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.
* Burke
* Shakespeare
(euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
To get mud on (something).
To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to; to muddle.
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Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
Growing in marshy ground.
As adjectives the difference between muddy and marshy
is that muddy is covered with or full of mud or wet soil while marshy is of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.As a verb muddy
is to get mud on (something).muddy
English
Adjective
(er)- He slogged across the muddy field.
- Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.
- The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle.
- The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.
- cold hearts and muddy understandings
- dost think I am so muddy , so unsettled
Verb
- If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside.
- The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review", The Guardian , 1 July 2014:
- As the humans establish tentative bonds with their evolutionary cousins, the inter-species waters start to muddy .