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Thicket vs Bog - What's the difference?

thicket | bog |

As nouns the difference between thicket and bog

is that thicket is a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse while bog is .

thicket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
  • (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
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  • (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
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    bog

    English

    (wikipedia bog)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expanse of marshland.
  • (Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
  • (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
  • Synonyms
    * (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp * shithouse (taboo slang''), dunny (''Australia )
    Derived terms
    * bog bilberry * bog brush * bog iron * bog orchid * bog paper * bog roll * bog standard

    Verb

  • (informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
  • Derived terms
    * bog down * bog up

    Etymology 2

    by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)

    Verb

  • To go away.
  • Derived terms
    * bog off

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