Marsh vs. Mire — What's the Difference?

A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes and streams, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

A mire, peatland, or quagmire is a wetland area dominated by living peat-forming plants. Mires arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia.

An area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground

An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.

A complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

Cause to become stuck in mud

A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.

An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.

Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water;

Deep slimy soil or mud.

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A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation

New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

To cause to sink or become stuck in mire.

To hinder, entrap, or entangle.

To soil with mud or mire.

To sink or become stuck in mire.

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

An undesirable situation, a predicament.

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(transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

(intransitive) To sink into mud.

To weigh down.

(intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

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Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; - often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.

To soil with mud or foul matter.

To stick in mire.

A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Entrap;

Cause to get stuck as if in a mire;

Be unable to move further;

Soil with mud, muck, or mire;