bog vs swamp

bog

noun
  • Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. 

  • The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland. 

  • A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. 

  • An act or instance of defecation. 

  • A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. 

  • An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. 

verb
  • To make a mess of something. 

  • To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck. 

  • To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland. 

  • To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress. 

  • To defecate, to void one's bowels. 

  • To cover or spray with excrement. 

  • To sink and stick in bogland. 

  • To go away. 

swamp

noun
  • A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult. 

  • A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes. 

  • A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment. 

verb
  • To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of. 

  • To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. 

  • To drench or fill with water. 

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