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wetland vs swamp

swamp vs wetland

wetland and swamp both are nouns.

wetland is not a verb while swamp is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wetland Yes No No No
swamp Yes No Yes No
As nouns, swamp is a hyponym of wetland; that is, swamp is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wetland:
  • wetland: a low area where the land is saturated with water
  • swamp: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Other hyponyms of wetland include bog, peat bog, fen, fenland, marsh, marshland, swampland.
wetland (noun) swamp (noun)
a low area where the land is saturated with water low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
wetland (verb) swamp (verb)
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
Difference between wetland and swamp

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