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Peat vs Muskeg - What's the difference?

peat | muskeg |

As nouns the difference between peat and muskeg

is that peat is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas while muskeg is a terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.

peat

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

    Anagrams

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    muskeg

    English

    (wikipedia muskeg)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
  • * 1952 , Farley Mowat, People of the Deer , Key Porter 2005, p. 2:
    • Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs .

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