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Quicksand vs Quagmire - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between quicksand and quagmire

is that quicksand is wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts while quagmire is a swampy, soggy area of ground.

quicksand

English

(wikipedia quicksand)

Noun

  • Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts
    • My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand , and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
  • Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
    • The quicksands of youth...

    quagmire

    English

    (wikipedia quagmire)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A swampy, soggy area of ground.
    • ''That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
  • (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
    • The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
    ''Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union

    Synonyms

    * bog, marsh (land), mire, quag

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