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Peat vs Peatland - What's the difference?

peat | peatland |

As a proper noun peat

is .

As a noun peatland is

land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.

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 !

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    peatland

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 8, author=, title=Letters: Laying the foundations for a greener future, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Scientists have shown that palm oil is linked to such large-scale rainforest and peatland destruction that it can be hundreds of times worse for the climate than burning fossil fuels. }}

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