Sludge vs Quagmire - What's the difference?
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A generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
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, title= A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.
(uncountable, music) sludge metal
(informal) to slump or slouch.
to slop or drip slowly.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
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Sludge is a related term of quagmire.
As an initialism sludge
is (emergency medicine) a mnemonic ("salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.As a noun quagmire is
a swampy, soggy area of ground.sludge
English
(wikipedia sludge)Noun
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
Synonyms
* (separated solids) mud, mire, ooze, slushDerived terms
* activated sludge * oil sludge * sludge metal * sludgecoreVerb
(sludg)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
