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Mudflat vs Bog - What's the difference?

mudflat | bog |

As nouns the difference between mudflat and bog

is that mudflat is coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by the tides or rivers, sea, and oceans, and exposed at low tide while bog is .

mudflat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by the tides or rivers, sea, and oceans, and exposed at low tide.

    • bog

    English

    (wikipedia bog)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expanse of marshland.
  • (Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
  • (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
    • Synonyms
    * (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp * shithouse (taboo slang''), dunny (''Australia )
    Derived terms
    * bog bilberry * bog brush * bog iron * bog orchid * bog paper * bog roll * bog standard

    Verb

  • (informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
    • Derived terms
    * bog down * bog up

    Etymology 2

    by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)

    Verb

  • To go away.
    • Derived terms
    * bog off

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