Backwater vs Quagmire - What's the difference?
backwater | quagmire |
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
* 1978 , National Opera Association - The Opera Journal
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
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As nouns the difference between backwater and quagmire
is that backwater is the water held back by a dam or other obstruction while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.As a verb backwater
is to row or paddle a backwater stroke.backwater
English
Alternative forms
* back water * back-waterNoun
(en noun)page 29
- It's a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth-century opera
Synonyms
* jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk * SeeVerb
(en verb)quagmire
English
(wikipedia quagmire)Noun
(en noun)- ''That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
- The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
- ''Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union