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Quicksand vs Syrtis - What's the difference?

quicksand | syrtis |

As nouns the difference between quicksand and syrtis

is that quicksand is wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts while syrtis is (obsolete) a quicksand.

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...

    syrtis

    English

    Noun

    (syrtes)
  • (obsolete) A quicksand.
  • * Milton
    • Quenched in a boggy syrtis , neither sea / Nor good dry land.
    (Webster 1913) ----