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Wetland vs Lakes - What's the difference?

wetland | lakes |

As nouns the difference between wetland and lakes

is that wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas while lakes is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Lakes is

the Lake District is also known as the Lakes or Lakeland. It is a rural area in North West England.

As a verb lakes is

third-person singular of lake.

wetland

Noun

(en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
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  • , 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

    lakes

    English

    (Lake District)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (pluralonly)The Lake District is also known as the Lakes or Lakeland. It is a rural area in North West England.
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