Lagoon vs. Swamp

Lagoonnoun

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

Lagoonnoun

A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

Lagoonnoun

A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagoonnoun

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons.

Swampnoun

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.

Swampnoun

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

Swampverb

To drench or fill with water.

Swampverb

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

Swampverb

(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swampnoun

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

Swampverb

To plunge or sink into a swamp.

Swampverb

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Swampverb

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

Swampverb

To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

Swampverb

To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

Swampnoun

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

Swampnoun

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables;

Swampverb

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged;

Swampverb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in creating this environment.