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Wetland vs Highland - What's the difference?

wetland | highland |

As a noun wetland

is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

As an adjective highland is

relating to the highlands.

wetland

English

(wikipedia wetland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands , lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}

    Usage notes

    The plural form is more commonly used.

    Hyponyms

    * bog * fen * marsh * mire * swamp

    highland

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Relating to .